Russia, US and Ukraine begin talks in Abu Dhabi

The significance lies less in any announced agenda than in the format itself: a direct trilateral channel among Moscow, Washington and Kyiv has been rare since the war began, and its mere existence signals some willingness to keep talking. Beyond that, the item offers nothing concrete — no participants, no agenda, no expected outcome — so the market-relevant question is whether this becomes a recurring mechanism or a one-off gesture. The open question is what, if anything, emerges from Abu Dhabi that alters the broader risk backdrop.