Zelensky is claiming that the first trilateral talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine will take place over the next two days in the UAE, following the latest round of talks between U.S. envoys and Russian officials. This, as Special Envoy Steve Witkoff says there’s only one unresolved issue preventing a deal.

Glenn Diesen, a geopolitical analyst and professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway, noted that given the proposals we’ve seen from the West that ignore Russia’s security concerns, we are unlikely see a deal to end the war anytime soon.

This, as Ukraine’s new defense minister, Mikhail Fedorov, says that Kiev’s goal is “to kill 50,000 Russians a month.”

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22 Jan. 2026 - Trump set to meet Zelensky in Davos as his envoys head to Moscow

20 Jan. 2026 - ‘We aim to kill 50,000 Russians a month,’ Ukraine’s new defense minister says

25 April 2022 - Pentagon chief’s Russia remarks show shift in US’s declared aims in Ukraine

21 Jan. 2026 - Trump Says He Has Framework for Greenland Deal as NATO Mulls Idea of U.S. Sovereignty Over Bases

22 Jan. 2026 - German Chancellor Urges Europe to Cut Red Tape and Spend Big on Defense



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