Ukraine peace talks: Who is sitting at the negotiating table – and why it matters

Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, as Washington made a renewed push to end the war that followed Moscow's invasion of its neighbour nearly five years ago. As these two days of talks in Abu Dhabi get underway, the negotiators that each country has chosen to send tell us most of what we need to know about what will be…