US-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine to start in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI: Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will hold talks in Abu Dhabi Tuesday on ending Europe’s worst conflict since World War II in the first such meeting in more than nine months, as another winter of war approaches.

Europe — alarmed by US President Donald Trump floating a deal with Moscow on European security ahead of the talks — will also send representatives to Abu Dhabi.

Trump has pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war since returning to power, but previous talks produced no breakthroughs and the process became sidelined by the US-Israeli war against Iran.