Ukraine updates: Peace talks put to test at UAE
· DWUS, Russian and Ukrainian top teams are headed to Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, for talks on a peace plan. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said one of the main sticking points in getting a deal remains the issue of land in eastern Ukraine.
- US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators head to Abu Dhabi for talks scheduled to take place over two days
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin late Thursday
- Russia said meeting between US envoys and Putin went well into the early hours of Friday
- Trump and Zelenskyy call their meeting on Thursday in Davos positive
Read below for our Friday updates on the latest negotiations to try to end Russia's war in Ukraineon January 23, 2026: