Ukraine-Russia-US talks begin in Abu Dhabi: Ukraine negotiator
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A second round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine mediated by the United States has begun in the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine's lead negotiator announced Wednesday.
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"Another round of negotiations has begun in Abu Dhabi," the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, wrote on social media, adding Kyiv's team was seeking "to achieve a just and lasting peace."
Talks amid Escalating Violence
Two people were killed by a Russian drone strike on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, a local official announced Wednesday, as the two countries were set to begin US-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi later the same day.
"A 68-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man were killed" in the attack on Synelnykivsky district, Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the regional administration, said on Telegram.
