US, Russia and Ukraine to start second day of Abu Dhabi talks

Peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US are set to get underway in the United Arab Emirates. The two day talks are the first such meeting since February. DW has the latest updates.

Russia's defense ministry said the army had struck ​a cargo vessel ​in the Black ​Sea ‌southwest of Odesa, which Moscow claimed was carrying ‌weapons ​and military equipment for Ukraine's armed ​forces. The ministry also said ⁠Russian ​drones ​hit three ​electricity substations in ‌Ukraine's Kryvyi ​Rih ⁠and Odesa regions ⁠overnight. Ukraine reportedly launched a drone attack on Russia's northwestern Ust-Luga, ⁠a major oil, oil products and ⁠grain export outlet, which caused a fire, regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said.

Drozdenko said that a power ​station was also cut ​off ‌as a result of the attack, adding that 150 drones were ‌shot down over the Leningrad region, home to a major oil refinery and the city of St ​Petersburg.