{"id":717891,"date":"2026-01-24T16:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/717891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T16:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T16:09:13","slug":"ukraine-russia-conclude-second-day-of-us-led-peace-talks-in-abu-dhabi-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/717891\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, Russia conclude second day of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The talks brought together senior military and intelligence officials from all three sides. Ukraine\u2019s delegation included Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov; Russia was represented by members of its armed forces and military intelligence; and the U.S. delegation included President Donald Trump\u2019s envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and senior White House advisers.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said the U.S. side raised possible formats for formalizing any future settlement, as well as the need for American monitoring and oversight of a potential ceasefire or peace process. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of the meetings held over these days, all sides agreed to report back in their capitals on each aspect of the negotiations and to coordinate further steps with their leaders,\u201d Zelenskyy said, adding that military representatives had identified issues for a potential follow-up meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s TASS news agency also reported that the talks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tass_agency\/358240\" target=\"_blank\">produced<\/a> results and could <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tass_agency\/358241\" target=\"_blank\">continue<\/a> in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The diplomatic efforts unfolded against the backdrop of Moscow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-attack-ukraine-peace-talks-us-abu-dhabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest aerial assault<\/a> on Ukraine so far this year. Ukrainian officials said hundreds of drones and missiles struck Kyiv, Kharkiv and other cities overnight, killing at least one person and leaving millions without power and heat amid subzero temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said on Friday that it was \u201ctoo early\u201d to draw conclusions from the talks. He reiterated that Ukraine would not accept territorial concessions demanded by Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The talks brought together senior military and intelligence officials from all three sides. Ukraine\u2019s delegation included Defense Minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2594,5719,473,32,2000,299,7058,129858,54490,809,332,7705,811,7070,657,49,2601,771,335],"class_list":{"0":"post-717891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-air-defense","9":"tag-cities","10":"tag-defense","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-eu","13":"tag-europe","14":"tag-european-defense","15":"tag-jared-kushner","16":"tag-multinational-defense-programs","17":"tag-negotiations","18":"tag-russia","19":"tag-rustem-umerov","20":"tag-security","21":"tag-steve-witkoff","22":"tag-ukraine","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy","25":"tag-war","26":"tag-war-in-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115950948546454028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}