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White House Hails ‘Productive’ US-Russia-Ukraine Talks in UAE

© Sputnik / Kirill Zykov / Go to the mediabankMembers of the Russian delegation leave a hotel for the talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Members of the Russian delegation leave a hotel for the talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.01.2026
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Trilateral conversations between the United States, Ukraine, and Russia will continue in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, on Saturday, a White House official told NBC News.
The trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi between the United States, Ukraine, and Russia "was productive," the publication cited the WH official as saying.
The key sticking point remains the future of Donbass, according to the publication.
Ahead of the first meeting of the trilateral working group, the Kremlin said that Ukraine’s military would have to pull out of the area for any deal to end the conflict.
"Russia's position is well known: Ukraine and its armed forces must leave Donbass. They must be withdrawn. This is a very important condition," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Moscow does not want to publicly divulge any details of the negotiation process framework on Ukraine, deeming it off limits, Peskov stressed.
According to him, the Russian security working group received instructions from President Vladimir Putin ahead of its participation in the Abu Dhabi talks.
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