ARTICLE
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky raises doubts over whether three-way peace talks will go ahead on Sunday
Ukrainian president says talks with Russia and the US may be delayed while Trump focuses on ‘situation with Iran’
Maira Butt, Vishwam Sankaran & James C. Reynolds
Saturday 31 January 2026 07:30 GMT
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-live-trump-putin-zelensky-b2910631.html
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that a second round of three-way peace talks with the US and Russia may not go ahead tomorrow as planned.
Delegates from the US, Russia and Ukraine met last week to iron out their respective differences in order to move towards securing a peace deal with a follow-up to be held this weekend in Abu Dhabi.
However, Zelensky hinted that the follow-up planned for Sunday could be delayed with Donald Trump’s attention focused elsewhere on Iran.
“From our point of view, something is happening in the situation between the United States and Iran, and those developments could affect the timing,” Zelensky said.
Trump said earlier that Russian president Vladimir Putin had agreed to not attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure this weekend at a time when the war-hit nation is experiencing particularly harsh winter conditions.
Ukraine has said it will not attack Russia’s energy grid in exchange, but that Moscow has continued to strike other civilian targets instead. The Kremlin has said the brief and limited ceasefire will end on Sunday.
KEY POINTS
• Zelensky casts doubt over timing of UAE peace talks
• Trump says Putin agreed to not fire on Kyiv for a
week during cold - watch
• Ukraine working with SpaceX to stop Russian drones
using Starlink, says Kyiv
• Temperatures in Ukraine to hit -30C as crops risk
damage
• Putin’s troops moving at slowest pace seen for any
army in more than 100 years of warfare
** MULTIPLE NEWS UPDATES PHOTOS FOLLOW AT LINK:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-live-trump-putin-zelensky-b2910631.html