️🇺🇸🇺🇦🇦🇪🇷🇺 Reuters: Russia and Ukraine are privately showing some flexibility regarding a possible territorial compromise ahead of the US-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi despite unchanged public positions.
A US official expressed cautious optimism, saying it was the first time they sensed a real willingness on the Russian side to end the conflict, but warned that significant disagreements over territory and post-war security arrangements remained unresolved.