US, Russia and Ukraine hold trilateral talks aimed at ending war – Europe live

We are restarting our Europe live blog ahead of the US-led trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi that seek an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on the eve of the talks that Ukrainian battlefield successes were strengthening Kyiv’s position in negotiations.

The ⁠three-sided talks between Ukrainian, Russian and ⁠US negotiators are to open on Tuesday and will be the first substantive talks since February aimed at ending the war, which has raged on for more than four-and-a-half years.

“Ukrainian forces are currently genuinely strengthening Ukraine’s negotiating position,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Monday.