US-mediated talks with Russia and Ukraine to start in Abu Dhabi

Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States are scheduled to hold US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11. This marks the first such meeting in more than nine months. The discussions follow suggestions from US President Donald Trump that a broad peace deal incorporating European security is possible. According to RTE News, the Russian delegation will be led by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky and will include Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and senior military officer Yuri Zhigarlovsky.

While officials from France, Britain, Germany, NATO, and the European Commission will be in the Emirati capital, RTE News reports that Russia does not want Europeans to participate in the negotiations. Instead, Ukrainian delegates plan to brief their European allies on the discussions' progress.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that any post-war security guarantees for Ukraine must be acceptable to Russia to reach a negotiated settlement. Rubio noted that while concepts for post-conflict security guarantees have been discussed, a final concrete plan has not been settled upon. He suggested that formalizing such guarantees through a treaty remains a possibility, though he noted the difficulties of securing Senate approval.

Ahead of the trilateral discussions, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters in Paris that she sees little sign of Russian goodwill, claiming Moscow has failed to respect previous agreements underpinning European security. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on November 9 that Russian forces are attempting to split Ukraine along the Dnipro River through attacks on the power grid and bridges.

Brief written by urgent.news from Al-Monitor, Kyiv Independent, Japan Times, RTE News, New Voice of Ukraine — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.