Ukraine on Jan. 23 began a two-day trilateral meeting with Russia and the United States in the United Arab Emirates, the UAE's Foreign Ministry said, as Washington renews efforts to push toward a settlement with Russia's full-scale war nearing its fourth year.

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion.

Ukraine and Russia will hold joint peace talks Friday with the United States, the first trilateral meeting since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

Europe tensions over Greenland as possibly helping to achieve its long-sought goal of weakening NATO, but Donald Trump’s second administration has also frustrated Russian plans on Ukraine and other fronts.

Moscow is willing to contribute $1 billion to President Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza, but that would require unfreezing Russian assets held in the United States, President Vladimir V. Putin said on Thursday.

As tensions simmered between the United States and Europe this week over President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, Russian officials, state-backed media and pro-Kremlin bloggers responded with a mixture of glee,

The Kremlin said it was satisfied with the outcome of nearly four hours of talks hosted by President Vladimir Putin, indicating no softening of hard-line territorial demands to end its war on Ukraine after the late-night meeting with a visiting White House delegation.

It’s been a long-standing Kremlin strategy to drive a permanent wedge between the United States and Europe, dividing and weakening its traditional adversaries in the West.