{"id":6467,"date":"2026-02-03T19:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=6467"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:27:48","slug":"russia-keeps-up-demand-for-ukrainian-land-as-three-way-talks-begin-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/02\/03\/russia-keeps-up-demand-for-ukrainian-land-as-three-way-talks-begin-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia keeps up demand for Ukrainian land as three-way talks begin in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. have commenced high-level trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi, marking the first such meeting since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. The summit follows a marathon meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump\u2019s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to discuss parameters for a settlement. Despite the diplomatic push, the Kremlin continues to demand that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the Donbas region and cede significant territory as a condition for peace. While President Zelenskyy noted that peace proposals are &#8220;nearly ready,&#8221; the fundamental disagreement over territorial concessions remains the primary obstacle to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> January 23, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jan\/23\/us-ukraine-russia-abu-dhabi-talks-putin-witkoff-kushner\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. have commenced high-level trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi, marking the first such meeting since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. The summit follows a marathon meeting in Moscow between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump\u2019s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to discuss parameters for a settlement. Despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":6468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6808,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6467\/revisions\/6808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}