Certain results have been achieved on the second day of talks on settling the war in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, APA reports, citing TASS.
The talks in a trilateral format are expected to be held again in the coming days.
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16:48
The Russian delegation taking part in talks on settling the war in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi has returned to the hotel, APA reports, citing TASS.
Thus, the second round of talks has ended. No comments have yet been made on whether the negotiations will continue. The meeting was held in a completely closed format, with no statement given to the press at the end.
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13:54
The second day of talks on settling the war in Ukraine has begun in Abu Dhabi, APA reports, citing TASS.
According to the information, the meetings are being held in various formats.
A source speaking to the Associated Press said that the format of the talks often changes during the process.
"Sometimes participants step aside to discuss certain issues separately, sometimes everyone comes together, and sometimes several groups are divided by topic," the source said.
It is reported that among the main topics discussed on the first day of the closed-door talks were the creation of buffer zones and various monitoring mechanisms.
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13:23
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States will meet in Abu Dhabi on Saturday for the second day of negotiations on a plan being pushed by US President Donald Trump to end the almost four-year-long war, APA reports, citing AlArabiya.
The first known direct contact between Ukrainian and Russian officials on the proposal began Friday. Ukraine’s chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said the discussions focused “on the parameters for ending Russia’s war and the further logic of the negotiation process.”
An initial US draft drew heavy criticism in Kyiv and western Europe for hewing too closely to Moscow’s line, while later iterations prompted pushback from Russia for floating the idea of European peacekeepers.
Both sides say the fate of territory in the eastern Donbas region is one of the main outstanding issues in the search for a settlement to a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and decimated parts of Ukraine.
The UAE foreign ministry said in a statement the talks were scheduled to last two days and were “part of ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and identify political solutions to the crisis.”
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2026-01-23
14:50
Trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia have begun in Abu Dhabi, said Sky News correspondent Sally Lockwood, APA reports.
These are the first direct trilateral peace talks between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia since the war began.
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