U.S. ENVOY KUSHNER SAYS THE U.S. WILL CONVENE THE FIRST TRILATERAL PEACE TALKS WITH UKRAINE AND RUSSIA SINCE FEBRUARY IN ABU DHABI NEXT WEEK

U.S. envoy Jared Kushner stated that Washington will convene the first trilateral peace talks involving the United States, Ukraine, and Russia since February, with the meeting scheduled in Abu Dhabi next week. The announcement signals a potential shift in diplomatic momentum after a prolonged stalemate in negotiations, and it transmits primarily through risk-premium channels, where expectations of de-escalation tend to compress geopolitical risk pricing across Eastern European assets. Ukrainian sovereign debt, the hryvnia, and Ukrainian-linked equities are most sensitive to such developments because they embed the highest probability of material change in conflict outcomes, while Russian assets, including the ruble and domestic equities, may react to shifts in expected sanctions relief or in capital flow restrictions. Traders should watch the outcome and any joint statements from the Abu Dhabi meeting, as concrete commitments on ceasefire terms, prisoner exchanges, or sanctions adjustments would carry far more market weight than procedural agreement to talk.

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