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Ukrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a "productive" first day of new US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv's lead negotiator said on Wednesday, as fighting in Europe's biggest conflict since World War Two raged on.
The two-day trilateral meetings come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had exploited a US-backed energy truce last week to stockpile munitions, attacking Ukraine with a record number of ballistic missiles on Tuesday.
"The work was substantive and productive, focused on concrete steps and practical solutions," Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, wrote on X.
“ It must be felt now. People in Ukraine must feel that the situation is genuinely moving toward peace and the end of the war, not toward Russia using everything to its advantage and continuing attacks,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
US-backed Ukraine-Russia peace talks begin with productive first day
“ Taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people is more important to Russia than diplomacy,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned…