First US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi end first day with no breakthrough

Delegations from Russia, Ukraine and the United States met in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks since February. The U.S. described the first day as very productive, though no apparent breakthrough on the war was reported. U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are meeting Ukrainian intelligence chief Rustem Umerov and Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky. The U.S. has asked Russia to accept a security guarantee for Ukraine that a U.S. official said would be very similar to NATO. Officials said both sides have shown some flexibility privately on territorial disputes. U.S. negotiators do not expect to settle the territorial question in Abu Dhabi. Their goal is to clarify each side's position and explore possible compromises to take back to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Negotiators also planned to meet with national security officials from Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.