Zelenskyy Announces Abu Dhabi Talks Amid Energy Crisis
Zelenskyy said trilateral talks will be held Feb. 4-5 as Kyiv grapples with widespread outages and a claimed one-week pause in Russian strikes.
Al JazeeraTrilateral Ukraine talks to resume in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday: Zelenskyy
FOX NewsZelenskyy announces next round of talks with US, Russia as Ukraine seeks 'real and dignified end to the war'
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NewsmaxUkraine Talks Set for This Week as Cold Sweeps Country
Overview
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said envoys from the United States and Russia will meet with Ukrainian representatives in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 4 and Feb. 5 to resume trilateral talks aimed at securing an energy pause.
Kyiv faces plunging temperatures with forecasts as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius and widespread planned outages that left about 1,000 apartment buildings without heating, Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the State Emergency Service said.
President Donald Trump said on Feb. 1 that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for one week, a claim Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov partially confirmed while the White House did not clarify timing and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed skepticism.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched 111 drones and one ballistic missile overnight with strikes recorded in 15 locations, and regional officials said two people were killed in a drone strike on a residential building in Dnipro while six were wounded in an attack on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
Envoys and U.S. mediators, including Steve Witkoff, are expected to press for concrete mechanics on an energy pause and for a U.S. security guarantees document Zelenskyy said is "100% ready," as negotiators reconvene after a late January round that produced no movement on territory.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources present this account without overt editorial framing, reporting claims, denials and skepticism while attributing evaluative language to named actors. They note Trump’s unverified claim, Kremlin/White House silence, Zelenskyy’s doubts, and Ukraine’s description of Russia ‘weaponizing winter,’ enabling readers to weigh competing claims.