The first round of trilateral talks was held last month.

Kyiv's foreign minister has said the Ukrainian and Russian leaders need to meet in person to hash out the hardest remaining issues in peace talks, and that only U.S. President Donald Trump has the power to bring about an agreement.

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.

Russia continues strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Zelenskyy confirms U.S.-mediated peace negotiations are underway with a summer deadline.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the United States wants a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia by early summer, despite repeated rounds of talks failing to reach a breakthrough over the issues of territory and security guarantees.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US is proposing the war be brought to an end before the start of this summer and is likely to apply pressure on the parties in line with that timeline,

Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine using more than 70 missiles and 450 drones, Zelenskyy said, one day before peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi.

The FSB said a Russian citizen named Lyubomir Korba was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of carrying out the attack. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of being behind the attempted assassination, saying it was aimed at undermining peace talks. Ukraine denied any involvement.