Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov confirmed russia would join represantatives from ukraine and the USfor the "first meeting of trilateral working group on security issues" in Abu Dhabi, confirming an earlier statement from ukrainian president valodymyr zelensky.

the talks come after president donald trump's special envoy steve witkoff and son in law jared kushner met with russian president vladimir putin for more than three hours beginning late thursday.Kremlin aide Ushakov described those talks as "exceptionally substantive,constructive,and, I would say, extremely frank and confidental."