Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday 25 January 2026;
Credit: REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
KYIV (Reuters) - On Friday 30 January 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the date or location of the next round of US-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia on how to end the war could change.
The follow-up round of talks was supposed to take place in Abu Dhabi on Sunday 1 February but Zelensky said that he did not know when the next meeting would take place.
"It is very important for us that everyone we agreed with be present at the meeting because everyone is expecting feedback," he told reporters in remarks released by his office on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said on Wednesday 28 January that President Donald Trump's top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who attended the previous round of talks, would not participate in the weekend meeting in Abu Dhabi.
"But the date or the location may change – because, in our view, something is happening in the situation between the United States and Iran. And those developments could likely affect the timing," Zelensky said.
