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The adjacent circular of bid talks betwixt Russian and Ukrainian delegations volition instrumentality spot connected Wednesday and Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced connected Sunday.
Envoys from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. had been expected to conscionable that time successful Abu Dhabi to proceed negotiations aimed astatine ending Moscow's all-out penetration of its neighbor.
"We person conscionable had a study from our negotiating team. The dates for the adjacent trilateral meetings person been set: Feb. 4 and 5 successful Abu Dhabi. Ukraine is acceptable for substantive talks, and we are funny successful an result that volition bring america person to a existent and dignified extremity to the war," Zelenskyy said successful a Telegram post.
There was nary contiguous remark from U.S. oregon Russian officials.
On Saturday afternoon, apical Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said helium had held a "constructive gathering with the U.S. peacemaking delegation" successful Florida.
U.S. peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff besides posted astir the gathering connected X.
"Today successful Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings arsenic portion of the U.S. mediation effort toward advancing a peaceful solution of the Ukrainian conflict," Witkoff wrote.
Witkoff was joined by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House elder advisor Josh Gruenbaum and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, helium said.
"We are encouraged by this gathering that Russia is moving toward securing bid successful Ukraine and is grateful for @POTUS's captious enactment successful seeking a durable and lasting peace," Witkoff added.
Officials person truthful acold revealed fewer details of the talks successful Abu Dhabi, which are portion of a yearlong effort by the Trump medication to steer the sides toward a bid woody and extremity astir 4 years of all-out war.
While Ukrainian and Russian officials person agreed successful rule with Washington's calls for a compromise, Moscow and Kyiv disagree profoundly implicit what an statement should look like.
A cardinal contented is whether Russia should support oregon retreat from areas of Ukraine its forces person occupied, particularly Ukraine's eastbound concern heartland called the Donbas, and whether it should get onshore determination that it hasn't yet captured.
Elsewhere, Russian onslaught drones struck a maternity infirmary successful confederate Ukraine connected Sunday morning, the Ukrainian exigency work reported.
In a Telegram post, it said the onslaught wounded 3 women successful the infirmary successful the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, and besides sparked a occurrence successful the gynecology reception country that was aboriginal extinguished. Regional medication caput Ivan Fedorov aboriginal said the fig of wounded had risen to six.
Days earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump said Putin had agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian superior and different cities, arsenic the portion suffers nether freezing temperatures that person brought wide hardship to Ukrainians.
The Kremlin confirmed Friday it agreed to clasp disconnected striking Kyiv until Sunday, but refused to uncover immoderate details, making it hard for an autarkic appraisal of whether the conciliatory measurement had so taken place.
In the past week, Russia has struck vigor assets successful the confederate Ukrainian metropolis of Odesa and successful Kharkiv successful the northeast. It besides deed the Kyiv portion connected Wednesday, sidesplitting 2 radical and injuring four.
Overnight into Sunday, Russia launched 90 onslaught drones, with 14 striking 9 locations, Ukraine's aerial unit said successful a Telegram post. A pistillate and a antheral were killed successful an overnight drone onslaught successful Dnipro, a metropolis successful eastbound Ukraine, according to section medication caput Oleksandr Hanzha.
Russian shelling besides deed cardinal Kherson, a metropolis successful confederate Ukraine, soon aft 7 a.m. section time, earnestly wounding a 59-year-old woman, according to a Facebook station by the municipal subject administration.
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