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The second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and American officials on a draft United States plan to end the four-year war in Ukraine will begin on Wednesday rather than this Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced.
He did not provide further details about the postponement of the meeting date. The announcement came a day after special envoys of Russian President Vladimir Putin held unannounced meetings with US officials in Florida, without Ukraine.
" The dates for the next trilateral meetings have been set, February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi," Zelensky said in a post on X.
Neither the United States nor the Kremlin has confirmed the new dates. The United States has said it is close to brokering a deal to end the conflict, the deadliest in Europe since World War II, but neither Moscow nor Kiev have been able to find compromise on several territorial issues.
Russia, which has occupied 20 percent of Ukraine's territory, demands full control of the Donetsk region as part of any deal. Moscow has threatened to take the region by force if talks fail.
Ukraine, on the other hand, insists that handing over territory only strengthens Moscow and will not sign an agreement unless it prevents Russia from launching another invasion in the future.
Many Ukrainians are not happy with the idea of handing over territory that so many soldiers have fought for since the start of the war. The first round of talks on the US plan, which took place in Abu Dhabi last weekend, failed to produce any results.
The war in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the war a “special military operation” to demilitarize Ukraine. The West has responded by hitting Russia’s economy with harsh sanctions. The war has killed thousands and displaced millions.
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