US, Russia and Ukraine hold Abu Dhabi talks as Trump predicts war's end

American, Ukrainian and Russian representatives met in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for trilateral peace talks, with President Donald Trump's administration seeking a diplomatic breakthrough after 1,721 days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. delegation is led by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while Ukraine's team is headed by Rustem Umerov and Russia's by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky. Trump said Monday that "Ukraine and Russia are tired of fighting," though both sides remain far apart on key issues, including territorial concessions and security guarantees. Previous U.S.-brokered talks have yielded only prisoner exchanges and short-lived ceasefires. Russia demands Ukraine withdraw from four contested regions and drop NATO ambitions, while Ukraine insists on concrete security guarantees. A U.S. official expressed "cautiously optimistic" expectations, though Ukrainian officials voiced skepticism about tangible progress.