Ukrainian and Russian negotiators began a second round of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday (February 4), seeking to advance efforts to end Europe's biggest conflict since World War Two as fighting raged on.

The two-day trilateral meetings come after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had exploited a U.S.-backed energy truce last week to stockpile munitions, attacking Ukraine with a record number of ballistic missiles on Tuesday (February 4).

"Another round of negotiations has begun in Abu Dhabi," said Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's top negotiator, on the Telegram app. "The negotiation process started in a trilateral format — Ukraine, the United States, and Russia."

Photographs released by the United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry showed the three delegations sitting around a U-shaped table, with U.S. officials seated at the center, including special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Umerov said that teams would later meet in separate groups to discuss specific topics and would then follow up with a joint meeting to coordinate their positions.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: ABU DHABI, UAE (FEBRUARY 4, 2026) (UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Access all) (MUTE)

1. STILL SHOWING MEMBERS OF THE U.S., RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN DELEGATIONS ATTENDING THE SECOND ROUND OF TRILATERAL TALKS IN ABU DHABI

2. STILL SHOWING SECRETARY OF UKRAINE'S NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE COUNCIL, RUSTEM UMEROV AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN DELEGATION SEATED DURING TALKS

3. STILL SHOWING HEAD OF RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE (GRU) AND HEAD OF RUSSIA'S TEAM IN SECURITY TALKS, ADMIRAL IGOR KOSTYUKOV, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE RUSSIAN DELEGATION SEATED DURING TALKS

4. STILL SHOWING U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY, STEVE WITKOFF, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW, JARED KUSHNER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DELEGATION SEATED DURING TALKS IN ABU DHABI