Russia will take part in trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi next week, according to Dutch outlets NOS, NRC and AD.nl. The US announced the three-way meeting, which marks a renewed attempt to move peace efforts forward.
De Telegraaf reports that Moscow's return to the negotiating table comes while its bombs keep falling, and the paper quotes the expectation that "there will be no breakthrough." It does not name who made that assessment.
The reporting gives no further detail on the agenda, the level of the delegations or the venue beyond the Emirati capital. The Dutch broadcasters and newspapers carrying the announcement likewise offer no indication of what either side is prepared to put forward.
The talks would be the latest round in a diplomatic track that has repeatedly run alongside continued fighting. According to De Telegraaf, the gap between what is said in the negotiating room and what happens on the ground remains wide.
What to watch next: whether the Abu Dhabi meeting produces a joint statement or a follow-up session, and whether the sides describe any concrete outcome once the talks conclude.
