Trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia peace talks resume in UAE after major energy attack
ABC News
American, Ukrainian and Russian representatives are due to gather again in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the next round of trilateral talks.
LONDON -- American, Ukrainian and Russian representatives gathered again in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the latest round of trilateral talks regarding a possible end to Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor, the fourth anniversary of which will come later this month.
The talks in Abu Dhabi are expected to run until Thursday. The negotiations are the second installment of the trilateral format, the first also having been held in Abu Dhabi last month.
A White House official told ABC News that the talks were "productive."
Both Moscow and Kyiv described the first round of trilateral talks as constructive, but key areas of disagreement remain.
Among them are the fate of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, which Russia has partially occupied and from which Moscow is demanding a full Ukrainian military withdrawal -- a proposal rejected by Kyiv.
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