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Russia attacks Ukraine hours after Abu Dhabi peace talks end
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Key Points:
- Russia and Ukraine engaged in mutual attacks shortly after concluding a new round of U.S.-mediated trilateral peace talks, which included discussions on a major prisoner swap and contentious issues like territory and European involvement in future negotiations.
- Ukrainian negotiator David Arakhamia described the talks as some of the toughest, citing Russia's strict demands and limited willingness to compromise, while Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky demanded the return of Ukrainian territories and proposed a new European security framework.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that territory remained a critical and sensitive topic, rejecting any notion of ceding land as a condition to end the war, particularly in the Donbas region.
- U.S. mediators explored various proposals to resolve the territorial dispute, including administrative adjustments in Donetsk and Luhansk, but Ukrainian officials clarified that Ukraine will never recognize these occupied territories as Russian.
