Trilateral talks on the war in Ukraine took place between American, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Abu Dhabi, the first since February. The talks ended without significant breakthroughs. However, both countries announced that they had agreed in principle to a prisoner exchange, when the numbers would be closed.
The talks could give Europeans a seat at the negotiating table for the first time - but there are risks in broadening the discussions to include wider European security, our experts said.
"Unless the US changes its quasi-neutral approach and begins to exert more significant pressure on Russia to end the conflict, the war is likely to continue for the next two years," the expert writes.