Russia-Ukraine talks in UAE secure major prisoner exchange deal
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a major prisoner exchange following two days of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi. But negotiations ended without a breakthrough on ending the war as the two sides remain divided over territory and long-term security arrangements.
The talks in the UAE capital were the first between the two warring sides since February.
Peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US concluded in the United Arab Emirates. DW has the latest updates.
Following two days of US-mediated talks, Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war.
US envoys to visit Moscow and Dublin on Thursday for talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy respectively Russia and Ukraine have agreed to the “largest prisoner exchange” of the war at their first US-brokered talks since February but made little progress towards a broader peace agreement. Both sides sent senior delegations to the two-day talks, led by Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, in an effort to find a solution to end the nearly-five-year war.
Talks in Abu Dhabi centred around Europe's security framework, with US envoys due to meet Putin and Zelensky on Thursday.
Zelenskyy says Putin ‘lives in a different reality’ as Abu Dhabi talks get under way. What we know on day 1,722 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the US has backed Ukraine’s assessment of what is happening on the battlefield and that Vladimir Putin lives in a “different reality”, as American-led trilateral discussions between Ukraine, Russia and the US got under way in Abu Dhabi.