Russian officials used the Abu Dhabi talks to try to persuade US and Ukrainian officials to accept w
· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Russian officials used the Abu Dhabi talks to try to persuade US and Ukrainian officials to accept what they described as a carefully crafted but fictional account of the frontline. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on November 10 that Russian military and intelligence officials falsely told the US and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi that Russian forces controlled half of the part of Donbas that Ukrainian forces still control in reality. The Kremlin has long made exaggerated and grossly inaccurate claims about Russian battlefield gains. The Russian Defense Ministry regularly prese