KYIV : The United States wants Moscow and Kyiv to find a solution on how to end the war in Ukraine before summer, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. This week’s talks in Abu Dhabi concluded without a major breakthrough but Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 157 prisoners of war each, resuming such swaps after a five-month pause. Russia halted strikes on Ukraine’s power sector for a few days but unleashed a heavy new attack on February 3. Zelenskiy said Ukraine and Russia remained far apart on territory. He said the US was proposing a free economic zone in the Donetsk region, but that neither Ukraine nor Russia was thrilled by this idea

Source: The Patriot February 08, 2026 07:21 UTC