US, Russia and Ukraine start second day of Abu Dhabi peace talks
U.S. envoys say they have narrowed gaps as Ukraine presses for a ceasefire, prisoner exchanges and long-term security guarantees.
- On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States concluded a second day of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling them "constructive and quite substantive."
- US presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff mediated discussions aimed at creating a "new" security framework after previous rounds in February ended in stalemate. The talks represent the first trilateral meeting in nine months.
- Negotiators prioritized humanitarian relief, specifically a "large-scale exchange of prisoners," Zelensky said, while Ukraine insisted on strict sequencing: ending the war first, then security guarantees, then European security discussions.
- Combat operations persist despite diplomacy; regional leader Leonid Pasechnik reported five non-combatants killed in Lugansk strikes over the preceding 24 hours, while Moscow maintains its objective of reviewing security "for the entire continent."
- Zelensky expressed caution, stating "nobody really understands 100% what they want" regarding US-Russia documents, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for European inclusion in future negotiations "because they are part of solving this problem.
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The Ukraino-Russian talks under US mediation concluded this Wednesday, November 11 in Abu Dhabi after less than two hours of discussion, the day after a first day of more prolonged and positive exchanges by Kiev and Washington. US emissaries will travel Thursday to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, then to Dublin to meet Volodymyr Zelensky, Jared Kushner said.
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The three-party talks on the Ukrainian settlement in Abu Dhabi were concluded, the Russian delegation left the meeting site, there was no press release, the second day of the talks was concluded, the meeting took place in closed session and lasted less than two hours.
Negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations, mediated by Americans, resumed on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, in a new attempt to relaunch diplomatic efforts to end the nearly five years of the war in Ukraine, reports AFP.
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