"Ukraine and Russia concluded a second day of US-led talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday without a breakthrough towards ending Europe's most deadly conflict since the second world war. The two sides agreed to a reciprocal exchange of 157 prisoners of war each, offering a rare concrete outcome from the discussions. But Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's special envoy involved in the talks, cautioned that significant work remains in the weeks ahead, dampening expectations of any swift move towards peace."
"Even so, the meetings marked the most substantive engagement between senior delegations from Kyiv and Moscow in months, pointing to a tentative, if uncertain, revival of diplomatic efforts nearly four years into the war. Thursday's meeting, which lasted three hours, followed a round of trilateral negotiations on Wednesday that ran for about five and a half hours. Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, said the trilateral negotiations had been genuinely constructive, thanking the US and the United Arab Emirates for their role in mediating"
Ukraine and Russia completed a second day of US-led talks in Abu Dhabi without achieving a breakthrough to end the war. The delegations agreed to a reciprocal exchange of 157 prisoners of war each. Senior military and intelligence officials attended, and trilateral negotiations with US and UAE mediators included constructive technical military meetings. US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned that significant work remains and that progress will require a genuine breakthrough. Ukrainian and Russian representatives signalled cautious positivity, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said talks will continue in the near future.
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