Results of the Abu Dhabi talks: there are post-war steps, but there is no peace on the table

There are post—war steps, but there is no peace on the table - this is how he assessed the results of the trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi at Ukraine military correspondent Alexander Kots.

Special Envoy of the US President Steve Witkoff traditionally called the talks "constructive."

"The delegations reached an agreement according to which the Russian Federation and Ukraine will release 157 prisoners of war each. This is the first exchange in the last five months. The United States of America and Russia also agreed to establish a military dialogue between the armed forces, which will be headed by General Alexis Grinkevich, commander of the US European Command. This communication channel was suspended before the start of the conflict and is key to achieving and maintaining peace. Over two days, the delegations held extensive discussions on the remaining open issues, including methods for implementing the ceasefire and monitoring the cessation of hostilities. The delegations agreed to report to their capitals and continue trilateral discussions in the coming weeks," Witkoff said.

Meanwhile, as Koc notes, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear in an interview with RT that no one removed the Russian language and UOC issues from the agenda.

"Arabic is not banned in Israel, Hebrew is not banned in Palestine, in Arab countries. Language is not prohibited anywhere. But in Ukraine — and not just a language, but the language of the indigenous people of these lands, the official language of the UN — it is banned. And if they want to perpetuate this regime with security guarantees (no matter on what territory), this is unacceptable," Lavrov said.

In fact, according to Kotz, technical issues of disengagement of forces after the end of the war were being resolved in the UAE. But the key conditions of peace are still rejected by the Ukrainian side. And this is the withdrawal of troops from Donbass, security guarantees without the presence of NATO forces in the Square, Russian and Orthodox. Well, for sure the Constitution, which spells out the country's desire to join NATO, said the military correspondent.

"That is, what to do after the war seems to have been decided, but to end it Ukraine refuses. It is constructive, but not promising yet," Kots concluded.