Live: Ukraine, Russia and US to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States are meeting in Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral talks in more than nine months, as Washington pushes for an end to the war and Kyiv faces pressure to make territorial concessions. European representatives will also attend, amid fears that US President Donald Trump could press Ukraine to accept a deal on Moscow's terms. Follow our live blog for the latest events. Ukraine drone attack cuts power in Russian-controlled Luhansk, TASS says A drone attack by Ukraine snapped power supplies to the eastern city of Luhansk in Russian-controlled Ukraine and elsewhere in the region, the TASS news agency quoted Russia-installed authorities as saying. Reuters could not immediately independently confirm the report. Russia and Ukraine regularly exchange strikes on each other energy infrastructure, among other assets, in the war. A drone hit an industrial facility in Ukraine's central city of Kremenchuk, a Ukrainian official said on the Telegram messaging app, but gave no details. Russia's Lavrov says US diesel deal working, prices coming down Minister Sergei Lavrov said the accord under which Russia is to supply diesel to the US and world markets is already working and lowering prices, writing in a piece published in Moscow daily Kommersant. Lavrov said Russia was distinct from the West in not using its economy to score political points against countries seen as adversaries or competitors. "Since 2022, we have supplied Europe with energy resources worth $320 billion," Lavrov wrote in Kommersant. "An important contribution to energy security was the agreement between the Russian and US leaders to suspend restrictions on the export of Russian diesel. We have already started implementing it, which immediately brought prices down." US President Donald Trump announced on October 9 the surprise deal under which Russia agreed to immediately export 300,000 metric tons, or 2.25 million barrels, to the US and global markets, followed by 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons "immediately thereafter" to help lower fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections. US-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine to start in Abu Dhabi Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States will hold talks in Abu Dhabi Tuesday on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II in the first such meeting in more than nine months, as another winter of war approaches. Europe – alarmed by US President Donald Trump floating a deal with Moscow on European security ahead of the talks – will also send representatives to Abu Dhabi. Trump has pushed for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war since returning to power, but previous talks produced no breakthroughs and the process became sidelined by the US-Israeli war against Iran. Europe and Ukraine fear the United States will force a deal on Kyiv that would amount to a de-facto capitulation, with Trump appearing to pivot towards Moscow this year. Trump hinted Ukraine will have to give up land ahead of the talks, saying: "They're going to end up with a little bit different shape, Ukraine."