Russia-Ukraine-US talks in Abu Dhabi are technical, unlikely to yield breakthrough, Russian experts say

The framing of these talks as technical consultations matters because it sets expectations before delegations even meet: if the core disputes are off the table, the useful signal will come from process — who attends, what working-level formats survive — rather than from any headline outcome. For markets, this reads as continuity of the status quo rather than a de-escalation catalyst, and the same applies to anyone pricing geopolitical risk around the conflict. The open question is whether these consultations establish a channel that later carries substantive talks, or merely formalize the current impasse.