Ukraine and Russia begin second round of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi

Major obstacles to viable deal remain after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of violating energy truce Ukrainian and Russian negotiators held the first round of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Washington seeks a pathway to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. The two-day trilateral talks that started on Wednesday come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of exploiting a US-backed energy truce last week to stockpile weapons before launching a record number of ballistic missile attacks at Ukraine on Tuesday.