{"id":430373,"date":"2026-01-24T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430373\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T14:10:08","slug":"ukraine-says-russian-strikes-hit-negotiation-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430373\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Says Russian Strikes Hit \u2018Negotiation Table\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv on Saturday slammed deadly Russian strikes as negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States were to meet for a second day in Abu Dhabi to discuss a plan to end the almost four-year-long war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeace efforts? Trilateral meeting in the UAE? Diplomacy? For Ukrainians, this was another night of Russian terror,\u201d Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCynically, Putin ordered a brutal massive missile strike against Ukraine right while delegations are meeting in Abu Dhabi to advance the America-led peace process. His missiles hit not only our people, but also the negotiation table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had overnight launched \u201cover 370 attack drones and 21 missiles of various types\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The first known direct contact between Ukrainian and Russian officials on the US-backed proposal began Friday. Ukraine\u2019s chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said the discussions focused \u201con the parameters for ending Russia\u2019s war and the further logic of the negotiation process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>An initial US draft drew heavy criticism in Kyiv and western Europe for hewing too closely to Moscow\u2019s line, while later iterations prompted pushback from Russia for floating the idea of European peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides say the fate of territory in the eastern Donbas region is one of the main outstanding issues in the search for a settlement to a war that has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and decimated parts of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"col-10 col-sm-3 block-insert-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68580\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-fluid post-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/8bacde1ffcef64dd0cdc43d52aa9b720.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Army Recruiters Use Threats, Violence, Torture to Find New \u2018Volunteers\u2019\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"title-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/68580\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Army Recruiters Use Threats, Violence, Torture to Find New \u2018Volunteers\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Independent Russian media and rights activists say there are neither rules nor moral limits when it comes to the Kremlin looking for more men to throw into the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyiv on Saturday slammed deadly Russian strikes as negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States were to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-430373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}