ABU DHABI: Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators will gather in the United Arab Emirates capital Tuesday to discuss an end to Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II in the first such meeting in more than nine months, as another winter of war looms.
Europe, concerned by US President Donald Trump’s suggestion of a compromise with Moscow on European security before the talks, will send representatives to Abu Dhabi as well. Trump has been calling for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war since he got back to power, but prior talks did not generate results and the process was put aside by the U.S.-Israeli assault against Iran.
Europe and Ukraine worry the United States is going to ram through a deal on Kyiv that would amount to a de-facto capitulation, with Trump apparently changing his tune toward Moscow this year. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions and has stretched into its 56th month, with little indication of the Kremlin stepping down.
Trump implied Ukraine will have to give up land ahead of the talks, saying: They’re going to end up with a little bit different shape, Ukraine. Russia controls huge parts of Ukraine but has not been able to take the entirety of the Donetsk region even as they have been grinding westward.
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