Russia’s chief negotiator rejected territorial exchanges with Ukraine and said the sides were closer to peace, while linking success to Moscow’s conditions, Anadolu Agency reported.
Speaking to Vesti, Vladimir Medinsky pointed to Ukraine and the position of the United States as factors shaping the talks’ outcome, the agency said. He set two requirements for Moscow to consider the negotiations successful: Russia must achieve victory, and a peace agreement must be signed on Russian terms.
Anadolu Agency described the Abu Dhabi meetings as two days of talks among Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. delegations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously rejected ceding Donbas, as EconoTimes reported in October.
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to meet U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Thursday, according to Anadolu Agency. Zelenskyy said he would meet the envoys in Dublin later that day.
