Ukrainian, US and Russian negotiators held talks in the UAE in the first known meeting to be attended by all three countries since the war began.

Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine using upgraded missile tactics and next-generation weapons, with the Kyiv region as the primary target, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.

The assessment is at odds with European officials, who have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling negotiations.

Separately, Trump sparked outcry in the United Kingdom after saying in a Fox Business interview that NATO troops "stayed a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan.

Almost three years to the day since Russia invaded Ukraine, President Donald Trump accused Ukraine of starting the war. He made his comment after being asked about Ukraine’s irritation at not being invited to peace talks held in Saudi Arabia between Russian and U.

Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S. Olga Stefanishyna discusses President Donald Trump’s meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and ongoing negotiations to end the Ukraine-Russia war on ‘Special Report.