Overview
- Kyiv described the two‑day meetings as constructive, and a U.S. official said the parties will reconvene in Abu Dhabi on February 1.
- The Kremlin restated a precondition that Ukrainian forces leave Donbass, which Ukrainian leaders say is the principal sticking point.
- Russia launched more than 370 attack drones and 21 missiles overnight, killing at least one person, injuring dozens in Kyiv and Kharkiv, and hitting energy infrastructure.
- Authorities reported widespread outages and heating losses, with hundreds of thousands without power in the capital and 1,676 high‑rise buildings lacking heat.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies to send more air‑defence missiles, citing the scale of recent strikes, while the delegations featured Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov, Russia’s GRU chief Igor Kostioukov, and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.