Zelensky confirms first US‑Russia‑Ukraine trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi as frozen assets dispute looms. Follow live.

The talks will take place in Abu Dhabi and won't include heads of state.

First day of talks involving officials from Ukraine, Russia and the United States has ended in the UAE. Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said the meeting had “focused on the parameters for ending Russia’s war and the further logic of the negotiation process aimed at advancing toward a dignified and lasting peace”.

Ukrainian, US and Russian negotiators will hold talks in the UAE in the first known meeting to be attended by all three countries since the war began. Follow for live updates

The Kremlin stuck to its demand that Ukraine withdraw all its forces from the eastern Donbas region ahead of the talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

This is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,429 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: President Volodymyr Zelensky said Jan. 22, 2026, at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

Humanitarian group Save Ukraine is getting children back to their home country.

With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.