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Russia and Ukraine to hold US-brokered peace talks in UAE

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Russian and Ukrainian officials are to meet for two days of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, their first since February.

Russian and Ukrainian officials are set to meet for two days of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, their first since February. The talks are scheduled to begin on Tuesday evening. European powers including France, Germany and the European Commission will send officials to the talks, but Russia has made clear it does not want the Europeans to participate in negotiations. Ukrainian delegates will instead meet separately to brief their European allies on progress.

US President Donald Trump says Washington is seeing a 'very strong inclination' towards ending Russia's war in Ukraine. After meeting privately with Putin's envoy last week, Trump predicted a peace deal could emerge soon. 'We're also seeing a very strong inclination to end Russia and Ukraine (war). We're involved in that,' he told reporters.

Russia's delegation will be headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky as chief negotiator and will include Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov for the first time and senior military officer Yuri Zhigarlovsky. Publicly, there has been no sign that Putin is willing to drop his insistence that Ukraine surrender the entire eastern region of Donbas before a peace deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has refused to hand over land that his forces have died defending, though he said Ukraine's leverage in talks was increasing as a result of recent battlefield gains, including retaking some territory in Donetsk.

Russia and Ukraine to hold US-brokered peace talks in UAE
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In this story: Donald Trump · Vladimir Putin · Volodymyr Zelenskiy · Russia · Ukraine · Abu Dhabi · Donbas · Donetsk

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