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Historic trilateral talks set - US brokers Russia Ukraine meeting in Abu Dhabi

For the first time since 2022 senior officials from the United States Russia and Ukraine will meet in Abu Dhabi in a U S brokered push to negotiate territorial and peace terms a high stakes diplomatic opening with global implications

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"We're watching them very closely" — President Donald Trump

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