Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States to end the war in Ukraine will move to Geneva next week and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky will head the Russian delegation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Friday.

Russian news agencies quoted him as saying the talks would take place on Tuesday and Wednesday. They follow two rounds of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, in which the Russian team was led by Igor Kostyukov, the head of military intelligence.

An aide to the Ukrainian president confirmed to reporters that the Kiev delegation was preparing for talks in Geneva.

The return of Medinsky, who led the Russian team at previous talks in Turkey in 2022 and again last year, could signal that Russia expects the focus to shift beyond security issues to broader points of disagreement between the warring parties.

Nearly four years after the war began, and despite intense efforts by US President Donald Trump to end what he calls a senseless "bloodbath," Russia and Ukraine remain far apart on key issues, including territory and control of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

According to Reuters, Ukrainian sources have previously criticized the way Medinsky has handled the talks, accusing him of giving history lessons to the Ukrainian team instead of engaging in substantive negotiations.