US EditionUkraine, Russia wrap 'productive' first day of US-backed peace talks
The talks focus on prisoner exchanges, security guarantees, and contested territories as both sides describe the first day as substantive and productive, says Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov.
- Resuming trilateral consultations, U.S.-brokered talks began a second day in Abu Dhabi, with Rustem Umerov calling the discussions `substantive and productive`.
- Following last month's talks, delegations are focused on practical steps and prisoner swaps, while addressing Moscow's demands over Donbas and control of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
- Ukraine's air force reported overnight missile and drone strikes, with 156 drones shot down or suppressed, impacting 16 locations, including damage in Kyiv, where two people were hurt, and Sumy's railway infrastructure was targeted, Oleksiy Kuleba said.
- Kirill Dmitriev told state media that `There is definitely progress, things are moving forward in a good, positive direction` as the U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pressed both sides to find compromise.
- With about 20 per cent occupied, analysts say Russia has gained about 1.5 per cent of Ukrainian territory since early 2024, as Donald Tusk begins a visit to Kyiv for an international reconstruction conference.
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(Moscow = Yonhap News) Correspondent Choi In-young = The Kremlin said the trilateral talks between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), were difficult but constructive...
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The first results of this second three-party meeting in Abu Dhabi are modest, but more promising. Rustem Umerov, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, reported mid-afternoon that the three delegations had discussed “the methods of implementing a ceasefire” and monitoring the cessation of hostilities. Hours earlier, as a result of the dialogue, an exchange of 157 prisoners of war from each side was held. The first in five months. The envoy of the…
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