US EditionA Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week
Negotiators face complex challenges including territorial disputes as talks aim to reduce urban attacks and seek a dignified end to the conflict, U.S. officials said.
- On Monday, the Kremlin confirmed U.S.-brokered talks will resume this week on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi after a brief postponement.
- Originally slated for the weekend, the meeting was postponed because of scheduling conflicts, Moscow said, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday he would send a delegation and Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev met U.S. officials in Miami.
- Peskov said a key sticking point is whether Russia gets to keep Ukrainian territory its army has occupied, and described the talks as `very complex`.
- Long-Range attacks have inflicted civilian harm, killing 12 miners in a bus on Sunday and wrecking Ukraine’s power grid, leaving civilians without heat, light and water amid Washington’s push to end the war.
- Less than two weeks before the fourth anniversary, Moscow's demand for more Ukrainian land complicates prospects for a breakthrough later this month.
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Kremlin official says U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks will resume this week
A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas.
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says dignified, lasting peace realistic, ahead of talks
KYIV, Feb 2 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that it was realistic to achieve a dignified and lasting peace, ahead of the next round of peace talks with Russian and U.S. officials due this week in Abu Dhabi.Speaking after discussions with his negotiating team, Zelenskiy said the Ukrainian delegation would also hold bilateral meetings with U.S. officials during the two days of talks in Abu Dhabi, which are due to start on …
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained that the talks were initially scheduled for last Sunday, but that additional coordination between the three parties was needed. "Now, the second cycle will take place on Wednesday and Thursday," he said.
This week, Ukraine, Russia, and the US plan to discuss ending the war. Cassis is now trying to involve the OSCE, which is chaired by Switzerland.
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