India, Jan. 23 -- The Ukraine-Russia talks brokered by the US have started in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' foreign ministry said on Friday, amid Moscow's demand that Kyiv pull out of its eastern Donbas region.

"The talks commenced today in Abu Dhabi and are scheduled to continue over two days, as part of ongoing efforts to promote dialogue and identify political solutions to the crisis," the UAE foreign ministry was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters.

The high-level meeting from the three countries comes a day after US President Donald Trump met with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Davos and hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Following the talks, the Kremlin reportedly put forward a...