President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan receives the heads of delegations participating in the UAE hosted trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine, Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Budanov, United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov, and Jared Kushner at Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 23, 2026. | Photo credits: Handout via Reuters
A second round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. to halt the war, ended in Abu Dhabi on Saturday (January 24, 2026), a Ukrainian negotiator’s spokeswoman told journalists.
“Yes,” responded Diana Davitian, a spokeswoman for Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s top negotiator, to a question whether the meeting had ended.
Russian state news agencies had reported that the Russian delegation returned to its hotel.
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Published – January 24, 2026 07:05 pm IST
