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- Jan 23, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jan 24, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
US, Ukraine and Russia Hold First Trilateral Talks in Abu Dhabi
- Ukraine's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov and military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov met Russian military intelligence and army representatives, with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, over two days in Abu Dhabi[1]
- They were the first trilateral meetings of the three countries since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022; Witkoff and Kushner had met Putin in Moscow the evening before[2]
- The talks ended on 24 January without an agreement; Russia had not dropped its demand that Ukraine withdraw from the roughly 20 percent of Donetsk it still held[1]
- A UAE statement called the talks 'constructive and positive', and Zelensky said they covered the 'parameters for ending the war'[1]
- On the eve of the second day, Russian strikes on energy infrastructure cut power to about 1.2 million people[1]
- A second round on 4-5 February agreed a 314-prisoner exchange, the first in months[2][3]
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- [1]90%aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/24/us-brokered-talks-on-ukraine-close-with-no-breakthroughaljazeera.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jan 23, 2026 ✓· Ends Jan 24, 2026 ✓· 36% of score
Al Jazeera[4], published 24 January 2026: 'Ukraine and Russia ended a second day of United States-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi without an agreement'; its 23 January report covers the opening day.
- [2]75%2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Abu Dhabien.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· 36% of score
Calls these the first meetings of the three countries since February 2022, held 23-24 January with a second round on 4-5 February; lists Witkoff and Kushner, Budanov and Umerov, and Russia's military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov.[1]
- [3]80%157 Ukrainian POWs, civilians come home in first exchange after months-long pausekyivindependent.com· Published Feb 5, 2026· 15% of score
Reports Witkoff saying the delegations agreed to swap '314 prisoners' at the second Abu Dhabi round, with 157 Ukrainians returning on 5 February 2026.[1]
- [4]85%Ukraine-Russia-US hold talks in Abu Dhabi with territory as key issuealjazeera.com· Published Jan 23, 2026· 14% of score
Reports the opening day on 23 January 2026, with Emirati, US, Ukrainian and Russian officials at Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi and territory dominating the agenda.[1]
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