Russian and Ukrainian negotiators report some progress in peace talks

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators say some progress has been made in two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi that ended on Wednesday. They agreed to a prisoner exchange, but there was no major breakthrough on ending the conflict that began with Moscow's full-scale invasion nearly five years ago. So we just concluded the second day of discussions. These were very substantive. They were some pretty tough discussions after, I think, almost eight months of not being together. but Obviously, there's a lot of very serious issues that are being discussed, but the conversations were very thorough. know We covered all the relevant issues, if we can and we were able to do a good exchange of ideas. Some areas we see places where we can find compromises. get it others, we need to have more discussions, but I think this was a good first step. together. Despite the positive note, U.S. mediators say there's a lack of trust between the warring sides. As well as post-war security guarantees for both countries, another key hurdle is the fate of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. Kushner is due to meet with the presidents of both countries later this week.