U.S., Russia and Ukraine start second day of Abu Dhabi peace talks

Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. officials began a second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, resuming meetings which Kyiv and Washington depicted on Monday as constructive but produced no early signs of a breakthrough.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators gave no details after Monday’s talks, the first between the warring sides since February, and Moscow and Kyiv went into the talks far apart on terms for a possible settlement.

“We are starting the second day of the talks,” Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s top negotiator, said on the Telegram app. “First, there will be a trilateral format with the United States and Russia. After that, we will have a separate meeting with the European partners.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who like Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the talks, said Monday’s “substantive” discussions had covered humanitarian and security issues, and that a potential summit of Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. leaders could be discussed on Tuesday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the first day of talks as very productive, without giving details. The second day of talks is the last day when meetings are scheduled.

Despite public optimism from President Donald Trump, there has been no sign of major compromises…

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