US President Donald Trump has pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war since returning to power, but previous talks produced no breakthroughs.

Nov 10 - Russian forces struck 10 Ukrainian regions overnight in air attacks that targeted five major electrical substations, sparked widespread power outages and killed two people, officials said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed a positive day of direct negotiations with Russia in Abu Dhabi.

The Abu Dhabi meetings open with an agreement between the U.S. and EU to look at a new security structure for Europe when Russia’s war on Ukraine ends. 

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators wrapped up the first of two days of US-brokered talks aimed at untangling Moscow's nearly 5-year-old all-out war on Ukraine, though it was unclear what progress there had been, if any.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is seeking to "plunge the entire country into a blackout" by pounding more than a dozen Ukrainian regions with drones and missiles ahead of US-mediated talks with Moscow next week.