Ukraine and Russia will hold joint peace talks Friday with the United States, the first trilateral meeting since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

Zelensky confirms first US‑Russia‑Ukraine trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi as frozen assets dispute looms. Follow live.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held about four hours of talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on the latest peace plan aimed at ending his war on Ukraine, with further negotiations set to begin Friday.

By Dmitry Antonov and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Russia said it will hold security talks with the U.S. and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Friday, but warned after a late-night meeting between President Vladimir Putin and three U.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with US President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon overnight talks, and the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue needs to be resolved to reach a peace deal.

Moscow talks follow Trump’s meeting with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Davos, which the US president called 'very good,' fuelling claims of renewed momentum to end the war.

Russia's readiness to transfer $1 billion from immobilized Russian assets to the Board of Peace budget was reiterated at Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with the U.S. delegation in Moscow,

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said that Moscow insists on the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Donbas, presenting it as a key condition for negotiations to end the war.