Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying his hand at being a "peace broker" upon his first visit to Ukraine since the war began. He met with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President Volodymr Zelensky in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where the Ukrainian leader hailed Erdogan's visit as a "powerful message of support from such a powerful country."

High on the agenda in the trilateral talks included expanding the grain export deal which has already seen at least half a dozen vessels navigate the Black Sea safety corridor under the guidance of a joint operations room in Istanbul. This been Turkey's greatest diplomatic success over the course of the six-month long war so far.