Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said he set the negotiating framework and tasks for Ukraine’s team ahead of the next trilateral round in Abu Dhabi on February 4–5.
- Ukrainian officials confirmed a separate bilateral meeting with the United States to discuss a security guarantees document described as ready and a proposed prosperity and reconstruction package.
- National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said Russia would send a significant delegation with a mandate to address military‑political issues, after which Kyiv will brief Zelensky on Wednesday and Thursday.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio identified territorial questions as the hardest unresolved issue, citing Russia’s demand for Ukrainian force withdrawals from parts of Donetsk oblast.
- A parallel track on January 31 in Miami brought Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev together with U.S. figures including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while former ambassador Kostyantyn Yeliseiev described the broader process as a war of nerves and noted the absence of European allies.