Zelenskiy says Ukraine is getting ready for new peace talks next week


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  • Sunday, 01 Feb 2026

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives for a meeting with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Jan 31 (Reuters) - ‌President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ‌on Saturday that Ukraine ‌was waiting for more information from the United States about further ‍peace talks and ‍expected new meetings ‌to take place next week.

"We ‍are ​in constant communication with the American ⁠side and are expecting specific details ‌from them regarding further meetings," ⁠Zelenskiy ‍said in his nightly video address. "We are counting on ‍meetings next week and ‌are preparing for them."

Zelenskiy's statement appeared to suggest that a meeting scheduled for Sunday in the United Arab Emirates between representatives of ‌Ukraine, Russia and the United States would not now take ​place.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; editing by Diane Craft)

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