Ukraine, trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, Kushner: 'Tomorrow we will see Putin in Moscow, then Zelensky in Dublin'

American envoys will go to Moscow tomorrow to meet Putin, and subsequently to Dublin to meet Zelensky. Donald Trump's son-in-law and US mediator Jared Kushner, who is participating in the Abu Dhabi negotiations with Steve Witkoff, made this known. Russia and Ukraine have reached an agreement for a large-scale prisoner exchange; the terms will be announced shortly, declared Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation to the trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. Today is the second day of the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi between Kyiv and Moscow, mediated by the US. In addition to Kyiv, Moscow, and Washington, some of Ukraine's main allies are present, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, and the European Commission, who, however, are participating in side meetings. Ukraine insists that Russia end the fighting before discussing European security. There have been no contacts between the Russian delegation and the representatives of the European Union in Abu Dhabi, declared Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. "No, such contacts were not planned, they were not foreseen, and they did not take place," Peskov said. The Russian chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, speaking from Abu Dhabi at the end of the talks, stated that there has been no communication between the Russian delegation and the European team because their position is "unclear." Europe has stated, as reported by international media, that it is "complicit in a collective deception" against the Ukrainian people and can only participate in negotiations when its "conscience awakens." "For now, I believe it would be useful for them to learn from the American envoys: common sense, realism, and the desire to achieve peace," Medinsky said. Meanwhile, Ukraine hopes to test the first European anti-ballistic protection system this winter. This is stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "I hope that this winter we will be able to test the first European ballistic missile defense system," Zelensky declared during a meeting in Denmark, thanking the Danish defense industry and its partners for the collaboration and work done on the new projects. While negotiators from both sides meet in Abu Dhabi for peace talks, attacks continued during the night. A Russian night air raid caused a power outage in some areas of the important industrial area of Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi stated that Russia hit six large electrical substations in the four central regions of Ukraine, as well as railway lines in the east and center of the country. One person was injured in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, where a fire in a garage also destroyed dozens of cars. Another six people were injured in Zaporizhzhia, in the southeast of the country, according to officials and emergency services. The Russian Ministry of Defense also stated that its forces hit a merchant ship in the Black Sea, southwest of Odesa, which it claimed was transporting weapons and military equipment destined for the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian forces also launched attacks during the night, and Russia claimed to have intercepted and destroyed more than 600 Ukrainian drones in 23 regions and in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. The attacks were directed towards northwestern Russia, home to important infrastructure for Baltic Sea exports and a large oil refinery. One attack caused a fire in the Ust-Luga port area, in the Leningrad region, and injured three people. According to Russian media, two people were also killed in the Smolensk region, on the border with Belarus. Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA