Local residents remove debris from a vehicle outside a damaged residential building following a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Saturday. | AFP-JIJI

Russian and Ukrainian envoys will discuss territorial issues and proposals for ceasefire monitoring in the United Arab Emirates this week, according to a senior U.S. official, as a new round of negotiations to end the war get under way.

The official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity Monday, said there had been daily discussions with both Russia and Ukraine in the run-up to the trilateral summit and expressed cautious optimism representatives would make progress over two days of scheduled talks in Abu Dhabi starting Tuesday.

The meeting marks a resumption of talks put on hold in February when the Trump administration’s focus shifted to the Iran war. And they represent the first round of negotiations on Ukraine since President Donald Trump’s Republican Party lost control of Congress in U.S.…