Ukrainian, U.S. and Russian officials are meeting in Abu Dhabi on Friday (23 January) for their first-ever trilateral talks on the nearly four-year-long war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the Abu Dhabi discussions after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.
The trilateral talks follow a late-night meeting in Moscow between President Vladimir Putin and senior U.S. officials, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov described the Moscow discussions, which lasted around four hours, as “substantive, constructive and very frank,” but stressed that a durable peace would not be possible without resolving territorial disputes outlined in last year’s Trump-Putin summit in Alaska.
Ushakov praised the Americans for setting up Friday's security meeting with Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
"The Americans, it must be acknowledged, have done a great deal to prepare for it, and they hope that this meeting will be successful and will open up prospects for progress on the entire range of issues related to ending the conflict and reaching a peace agreement," he said.
According to the Kremlin, Russian Admiral Igor Kostyukov will lead Moscow’s delegation at the Abu Dhabi talks, while investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet separately with Witkoff on economic issues.
Although Putin reaffirmed Russia’s interest in a diplomatic solution, Ushakov warned that Moscow will continue its military operations until territorial demands are met.
In Abu Dhabi, military-to-military working groups will operate alongside the trilateral meetings, according to President Zelenskyy.
The talks come as Ukraine endures its harshest winter since the war began, with heavy Russian missile and drone strikes leaving hundreds of thousands without power and heating.
The Abu Dhabi trilaterals are being closely watched as a potential step towards a negotiated settlement and post-war reconstruction for Ukraine, signalling the first coordinated high-level engagement among Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington since the conflict escalated.
On Thursday, Zelenskyy said key terms for Ukraine’s security had been finalised during his discussion with Trump and an economic deal was near completion - part of Kyiv’s proposals to counter a previous U.S. plan viewed as heavily favouring Moscow. However he said that the issue of territory remained unsolved.
Trump described his discussion with Zelenskyy as “good”, but said efforts to end the war launched by Russia remain an “ongoing process”.
Earlier at Davos, Steve Witkoff reported “a lot of progress” in the long-running negotiations and suggested only one major issue remained unresolved.
“I think we’ve got it down to one issue, and we have discussed iterations of that issue, and that means it’s solvable,” Witkoff said.
“If both sides want to solve this, we’re going to get it solved,” he added.
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