No sign of progress as U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks get underway

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It is the first such trilateral diplomatic push since negotiations were suspended following the start of the war with Iran.

The United States, Ukraine and Russia have started talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that began in 2022 when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of his country's neighbor.

The two-day session is the first such meeting since February and will focus on security guarantees, a long-running demand from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said in a post on X that he and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff were "working hard to find a negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment."

Kushner indicated these talks are just an initial step but could "build momentum" toward future negotiations. He also suggested a future agreement would involve a security arrangement involving European countries and Russia.

But on Tuesday both Russia and Ukraine seemed to pour cold water on the initiative.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia rejects European demands for a ceasefire in Ukraine, asserting that Brussels was just trying to "buy time" for Kyiv.

He added that Moscow did not want to prevent the U.S. from engaging with Europe on the Ukraine war, but it does not consider that to be the best approach.

Ukraine argues that an immediate ceasefire is the necessary first step toward negotiating a wider settlement and says a direct meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy is the only way territorial issues can be settled.

Zelenskyy posted on Telegram, meanwhile, that the U.S. had asked if Kyiv would "'trade the Donbas for security," but that the U.S. said that did not mean Ukraine joining NATO, "'but something similar.'"

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