US-led talks between Ukraine and Russia opened in Abu Dhabi. Washington called for a "new" security framework. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was "happy" with the changes in approach by US mediators. Negotiations are set to continue Wednesday.

Abu Dhabi is the UAE's capital, on the Gulf coast, thousands of km from the front lines. The UAE has kept ties with Moscow, Kyiv and Washington and has helped broker earlier prisoner swaps, so all three can sit down there.

The upbeat read is Zelensky's own, and it's about the US mediators' approach, not any agreed terms. This report gives no detail on Washington's "new" framework and no Russian account. A readout from Moscow would add weight.