Russia has admitted for the first time that a Ukrainian missile sank its prized Black Sea flagship, later deleting the statement and returning to the official narrative that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva went down because of a freak accident.

Abu Dhabi hosts trilateral meeting with the U.S., Ukraine and Russia in a possible sign that the nearly four-year war could be coming to an end.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that rare three-way negotiations between Ukrainian, Russian and American teams in Abu Dhabi had been “constructive.”

While some Europeans still object to the American insistence that Washington should be an even-handed mediator, rather than an ally of Ukraine, there is also a sense that Europe and the Trump administration can play complementary roles in attempting to end the war.

This is Kollen Post reporting from Kyiv on day 1,433 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: 'First time since the second world war' – Russia's air attack damages Kyiv's holiest site Russia's Jan.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's largest steelmaker, will close one of its production units in the second quarter, it said on Monday, citing EU environmental policy and high local power prices caused by Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.