Russia, US, Ukraine hold second day of talks in Abu Dhabi

The value here is structural rather than substantive: a trilateral format that puts Russia, the United States and Ukraine at the same table is itself the signal, and the absence of any disclosed agenda or outcome is the more telling detail. For markets exposed to conflict-driven risk premia — energy, grains, and by extension the broader risk appetite that crypto and RWA flows track — the read-through is limited until something concrete emerges. Whether this format produces anything beyond continued meetings is the open question.