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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Russia and Ukraine hold a second day of U.S.-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi
Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday held a second day of U.S.-brokered talks on ending their war, as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and the two sides continued their grinding war of attrition.
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators are holding talks again in the United Arab Emirates. Little information has been released to the public, but both sides appear to be making progress.
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The Straits TimesUkraine, Russia wrap ‘productive’ first day of US-backed peace talks
KYIV — Ukrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a “productive” first day of new U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv’s lead negotiator said on Wednesday, as fighting in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two raged on.
President Zelensky tempered optimism about the peace talks. He said they must lead to genuine peace and that Russia must not be given the space to continue the war.
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