Overview
- After two days of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, Kyiv and Moscow exchanged 157 prisoners each in the first swap in five months.
- Ukraine said 150 service members and seven civilians returned from Russian captivity as part of the exchange.
- U.S. European Command said Washington and Moscow will reestablish high-level military-to-military dialogue to support deconfliction.
- Delegations discussed ceasefire mechanics and monitoring and agreed to continue trilateral discussions in the coming weeks.
- Large-scale Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid continued during the talks, underscoring the lack of a ceasefire.