Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Saturday that two days of trilateral talks with Russia and the USA in Abu Dhabi concluded with “constructive” discussions on “doable parameters for ending the battle.”
The talks are the primary identified occasion that officers from the Trump administration have sat down with each international locations as a part of Washington’s push for progress to finish Moscow’s practically 4-year-old invasion.
“All events agreed to report back to their capitals on every side of the negotiations and to coordinate additional steps with their leaders,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. He stated that navy representatives recognized points for a doable subsequent assembly, which might happen as quickly as subsequent week.
The Ukrainian chief stated there was “an understanding of the necessity for American monitoring and management of the method of ending the battle and making certain actual safety.”
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner participated alongside Ukrainian officers, together with chief negotiator Rustem Umerov and navy intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov. Russia despatched navy intelligence and armed forces representatives, based on Zelenskyy.
The United Arab Emirates’ International Ministry earlier stated the talks are a part of efforts “to advertise dialogue and determine political options to the disaster.” A U.S. official stated they had been inspired by the talks and there’s a willingness “on either side” to speak. The official described the conferences as constructive and constructive.
The following spherical of talks is scheduled for subsequent Sunday in Abu Dhabi, a U.S. official stated.
Whereas Zelenskyy stated in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday {that a} potential peace deal was “practically prepared,” sure delicate sticking factors — most notably these associated to territorial points — stay unresolved.
Simply hours earlier than the three-way talks started on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned a Ukraine settlement with Witkoff and Kushner throughout marathon in a single day talks. The Kremlin insists that to succeed in a peace deal, Kyiv should withdraw its troops from the areas within the east that Russia illegally annexed however has not totally captured.
The second day of talks got here as Russian drone assaults killed one individual and wounded 4 within the capital, Kyiv, based on Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration head Tymur Tkachenko. In Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, Kharkiv, drone assaults wounded 27 individuals, Kharkiv regional head Oleh Syniehubov stated Saturday.
“Cynically, Putin ordered a brutal huge missile strike towards Ukraine proper whereas delegations are assembly in Abu Dhabi to advance the America-led peace course of,” Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X. “His missiles hit not solely our individuals, but additionally the negotiation desk.”
In the meantime, residents of Ukraine are coping with one other chilly winter as Russia’s bombardment of energy crops and transmission strains results in electrical energy rationing. To stop a grid collapse, operators impose rolling blackouts, conserving hospitals and important companies alive whereas properties go darkish.
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