The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said some progress had been made on what the “security infrastructure” of Ukraine and Europe could look like after the war with Russia. Rubio’s comments on Sunday come as Russia-Ukraine negotiations under US mediation have been set for Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, with the talks expected to focus on postwar security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts and steps to end the war. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who is also Trump’s son-in-law, will represent the US during the talks. The Kremlin insisted this morning that no European officials will be there, rebuffing France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, who said French representatives would ‌be present. In an interview ‌with CBS’s “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday, the US president, Donald Trump, said he believed the war would end ‌soon and suggested Ukraine could emerge from a settlement with altered borders. “I think we’re gonna have it done, and I think i