EU leaders bring Italy and Poland into Ukraine peace talks team as Kallas fights for spot

Ukraine's peace talks spanned three days, moving from Abu Dhabi to Moscow and Dublin. The discussions involved Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.

On November 10, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States met in Abu Dhabi. Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Vladimir Medinsky, and Kirill Dmitriev participated in the talks, which lasted over four hours. The talks centered on security guarantees, including for Russia, and the postwar future, amid a crisis of trust. They also discussed a prisoner exchange, the largest of the war.

Unofficially, Ukraine claimed Russia declined to discuss a ceasefire, territories, and energy. The only publicly announced agreement was the prisoner exchange. Officials spoke of "good momentum," acknowledging the process's difficulty.

On November 11, the focus shifted to postwar security architecture in Europe. The talks lasted less than two hours. On November 12, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. They discussed Europe's involvement in the negotiations and Moscow's vision for a postwar order. Moscow proposed a joint humanitarian operation in Kostiantynivka.

In Dublin, Kushner and Witkoff met with Volodymyr Zelensky. All sides agreed to hold another round of talks soon. Moscow indicated no objection to Europe's participation, which now needs to decide on its representative. The story was written by a Meduza journalist and translated from Russian using an AI model, with editorial review before publication.