Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy says territorial disputes will be central, but Russia must be ready to end war it started.Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have begun talks in the United Arab Emirates, with the key issue of territory dominating the agenda as the United States pushes for an agreement to end the nearly four-year war.The discussions in Abu Dhabi on Friday were the first direct public negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv on a plan being pushed by US President Donald Trump’s administration to end the conflict.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“The talks commenced today in Abu Dhabi and are scheduled to continue over two days, as part of ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and identify political solutions to the crisis,” the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said territorial disputes would be a central issue in the discussions but stressed that “the most important thing is that Russia should be ready to end this war, which it started”.In a statement shared on Telegram, Zelenskyy said he was in regular contact with the Ukrainian delegation, but it was too early to draw conclusions from Friday’s talks.“We’ll see how the conversation goes tomorrow and what the outcome will be,” he said.The discussions in the Emirati capital came a day after Zelenskyy met with Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff held late-night talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.Reporting from the Russian capita …
