“Secret“ meetings between the US and Russia on Ukraine were held yesterday and are expected to continue today in Abu Dhabi in an attempt to reach a ceasefire, American and British media reported today, quoted by Agence France-Presse, BTA reported.
These discussions are taking place at a time when both Ukraine and Russia are reporting “massive“ enemy strikes on their territories this morning. At least three people have been killed in Russia's Rostov region and at least six in Ukraine, where strikes were again directed at the energy sector and the capital Kiev.
According to ABC News and the British daily “Financial Times“ (FT) The US delegation is led by the Minister of the Ground Forces Dan Driscoll.
The FT also reported that the head of Ukraine's military intelligence was present at the talks, without specifying whether a trilateral meeting or separate bilateral meetings were taking place.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov neither confirmed nor denied the information about these meetings. "I have nothing to tell you. We are following the information from the media," he told journalists from state media.
In parallel, the countries of the "coalition of the willing", which unites Ukraine's allies, will resume their videoconference discussions on the US plan today.