Zelenskiy's chief of staff says Ukraine wants diplomatic process to continue, focus on humanitarian issues

Ukrainian ​President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's ​chief of ‌staff, Kyrylo ​Budanov, said on Monday that maintaining the ‌diplomatic process was important at trilateral talks opening in Abu Dhabi, and ‌Kyiv would focus on prisoner exchanges ‌and other humanitarian issues. "It is important that the diplomatic process, keep going," Budanov ⁠wrote ​on ⁠Telegram while on his way to ⁠the meeting opening on Tuesday. "We plan to ​devote a lot of attention ⁠to the humanitarian track. We need to ⁠step ​up prisoner exchanges."

Ukraine's delegation to the US-led talks, the ⁠first since February, is being led by ⁠Rustem ⁠Umerov, the head of foreign intelligence.