All right, Alexander, we have concluded the meetings in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia,

and the United States, though Whitkoff and Kushner were not present at this round of talks.

And it looks like the result of these meetings has been a prisoner exchange, which is positive. Whitkoff said as much in a post on X,

but I'm struggling to find out what else was discussed or what other goals or objectives

were achieved. On the negative side of things, we've talked about how Russia, Ukraine,

and the United States, specifically Russia and the United States were engaged in some sort of

security talks, and most likely those talks were focused on the dirty war that is being conducted

against Russia, specifically the attacks on military

officials and, of course, the attacks on Valdai against Putin. We had another assassination

attempt on a Russian general. So it looks like those security talks may not be working

out so well for the Russian side. Anyway, how did you see these talks in Abu Dhabi?

Well, I think you've summed it up extremely well. As far as I can see, they sit together,

they sit in this room, they exchange ideas about all sorts of

technical issues, they did negotiate a prisoner of war exchange. And by the way, on this issue,

the Russians came out on top because as is well known, the Russians hold many more prisoners

than the Ukrainians do.

But interestingly, the number of prisoners swapped.

The number was the same.

So the Russians gave the same number about 150, and the Ukrainians gave 150.

And the Ukrainians also released three Russian civilians that they took captive in Kusk region last year.

So, you know, the Russians got something out of this.

I don't see that the Ukrainians have got anything out of it at all.

...