Ukraine, Russia start second day of peace talks in Abu Dhabi


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  • Thursday, 05 Feb 2026

Members of the U.S., Russian and Ukrainian delegations, including United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Rustem Umerov and head of Russian military intelligence (GRU) and head of Russian’s team in security talk Admiral Igor Kostyukov, attend the second round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 4, 2026. UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

KYIV, ‌Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine ‌and Russia on ‌Thursday started a second day of U.S.-brokered ‍talks in ‍Abu Dhabi ‌to discuss how to ‍end ​their four-year-old ⁠war, top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem ‌Umerov said.

"The second day ⁠of ‍negotiations in Abu Dhabi has ‍begun," Umerov said ‌on the Telegram app. "We are working in the same formats as yesterday: trilateral consultations, ‌group work and further synchronizationof positions."

(Reporting ​by Olena Harmash; Editing by Daniel Flynn )

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