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Update: Abu Dhabi talks end with prisoner-swap deal but "no trust"; Kushner and Witkoff see Putin in Moscow Thursday
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreed in principle to a major prisoner exchange as two days of U.S.-brokered talks ended Wednesday, with numbers to be set Thursday, but U.S. envoy Jared Kushner said "there is no trust right now between the sides" and territory remains the hardest issue, Reuters reported. Kushner and Steve Witkoff meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, will press to bring European negotiators into the talks, and then plan to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin, the New York Post reported. Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia called it "one of the toughest" rounds, while Russia's Vladimir Medinsky said "every inch" of Russian land would be returned to Russia, Reuters reported.
Sources
- Reuters (via Investing.com)Russia, Ukraine reach deal on prisoner swap as US says lack of trust holds back talks
- New York PostJared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to meet Putin after 'one of the toughest' rounds of talks with Russians