US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday hailed US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi as "very productive" and said the discussions should be expanded to include Europeans at the table. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky described the talks as "constructive and quite substantive", adding that negotiators were working on a possible major exchange of prisoners.
A first day of US-led talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi ended Tuesday, with Washington calling for a "new" security framework between Ukraine, Russia and Europe and its top diplomat hailing "very productive" talks.
