The negotiations in Abu Dhabi focused on Moscow\u2019s territorial demands and the fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.<\/b>
\nUkrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a \u201cproductive\u201d first day of \u200cnew US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv\u2019s lead negotiator said on Wednesday, as fighting in Europe\u2019s biggest conflict since World War II raged on.
The \u200dtwo-day trilateral meetings come after Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had exploited a US-backed energy truce last week to stockpile munitions, attacking Ukraine with a record number of ballistic missiles on Tuesday.
\u201cThe work was substantive and productive, focused on concrete steps and practical solutions,\u201d Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defence Council, said on social media.
Shortly after the talks began, Russian forces struck a crowded \u2060market in eastern Ukraine with cluster munitions, killing at least seven people and wounding 15, the Donetsk region\u2019s Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
Umerov said he would prepare a report for Zelensky, and talks were expected to continue on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said.
Photographs released earlier in the day by the United Arab Emirates\u2019 foreign ministry showed the three delegations sitting around a U-shaped table, with US officials seated at the centre, including special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n