Overview
- Officials in Moscow and Kyiv confirmed a new tripartite round in Geneva with the United States participating.
- Russian presidential adviser Vladimir Medinski will lead Moscow’s delegation.
- Ukraine’s chief negotiator Roustem Oumerov said his team will include Kyrylo Budanov, Andrii Hnatov and David Arakhamia.
- The Geneva meeting follows two direct cycles in Abu Dhabi that produced no breakthrough because of disputes over possible territorial concessions, notably Donetsk.
- Russian strikes continue to kill civilians and target Ukraine’s energy system, causing severe heating outages during winter.