President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the trilateral talks taking place in the UAE today will focus on the status of Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

Axar.az reports, citing BBC, "The Donbas issue is key. It will be discussed as will be the modality of how the three sides see it," he told journalists via a voice message.

Speaking about the talks in Abu Dhabi - which he will be sending a Ukrainian delegation to - he said: "It's a step - hopefully towards ending the war - but different things can happen."

The Ukrainian president also said he discussed Donbas with President Trump in Davos yesterday.

According to him, the two presidents also "finalised security guarantees" for Ukraine and discussed additional air defence missiles necessary for Ukraine to intercept Russian ballistic missiles.

"I'm hoping for a positive result," he added.