Zelenskyy touts ‘constructive’ trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Saturday described caller trilateral talks betwixt the United States, Russia and Ukraine successful Abu Dhabi arsenic "constructive," saying the meetings marked the archetypal format of their benignant successful immoderate clip and focused connected imaginable parameters for ending Moscow’s war.

Zelenskyy said the talks, which were hosted by the United Arab Emirates implicit 2 days, progressive governmental and subject representatives from each 3 sides and addressed security-related issues, including the request for American monitoring and oversight.

"A batch was discussed, and it is important that the conversations were constructive," helium wrote connected X, noting the delegations could person further meetings arsenic aboriginal arsenic adjacent week. "As a effect of the meetings held implicit these days, each sides agreed to study backmost successful their capitals connected each facet of the negotiations and to coordinate further steps with their leaders."

The Abu Dhabi talks followed a gathering successful Moscow connected Thursday betwixt Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Josh Gruenbaum, the caput of the Federal Acquisition Service.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected Jan. 22, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin adjutant Yuri Ushakov said the "extremely frank" discussions lasted astir 4 hours and included U.S. officials updating Moscow connected their caller conversations with Ukrainian and European leaders.

"Importantly, the participants successful the speech betwixt the President of Russia and the Americans reaffirmed the information that bringing astir a lasting colony would beryllium improbable without addressing the territorial contented based connected the look arsenic agreed successful Anchorage," Ushakov said, according to a summary of the gathering from the Kremlin.

Territorial issues stay a cardinal obstacle successful the negotiations, with Moscow pressing Kyiv to relinquish parts of eastbound Ukraine’s Donbas portion that Russian forces bash not afloat control.

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Icicles bent from balconies successful an flat artifact damaged by a drone onslaught successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, connected Jan. 24, 2026. (Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The diplomatic efforts travel arsenic Russia continues its strikes crossed Ukraine, targeting the country’s vigor sector, captious infrastructure and residential areas.

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Zelenskyy said connected Sunday that Russian forces launched much than 1,700 onslaught drones, implicit 1,380 guided aerial bombs and 69 missiles successful the past week alone.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to conscionable UK Defense Secretary John Healey astatine the Presidential Palace successful Kyiv connected Jan. 9, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)

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The European Commission, the EU’s enforcement body, said up of the trilateral talks that it was deploying 447 exigency generators to assistance reconstruct powerfulness to hospitals, shelters and captious services, arsenic much than 1 cardinal Ukrainians look outages amid freezing temperatures.

"The EU volition not fto Russia frost Ukraine into submission and volition proceed helping Ukrainians get done this winter," the committee said.