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U.S., Russia and Ukraine begin talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending war in Ukraine

Talks focus on security guarantees and postwar arrangements as US envoys seek a framework to end the war and prevent renewed fighting.

  • On Tuesday, U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff opened trilateral talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, the first such negotiations since February.
  • President Donald Trump brokered the discussions after stating both sides are "tired of fighting" and possess a "very strong inclination" to end the conflict, which has continued for nearly five years.
  • European officials from the EU, NATO, the UK, Germany, France, and Italy are holding separate consultations in Abu Dhabi despite Russia's insistence that negotiations remain strictly trilateral.
  • U.S. officials report both Russia and Ukraine are privately showing "a little bit of flexibility" on territorial disputes, even as public rhetoric from both nations remains rigid on long-standing positions.
  • Negotiators are exploring an "Article Four and an Article Five-like security guarantee" for Ukraine modeled on NATO provisions, with U.S. officials considering follow-up meetings depending on this week's outcomes.
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On Tuesday (November 10), negotiators from the United States, Russia, and Ukraine gathered in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, for the latest round of trilateral peace talks, seeking a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine. This was the first round of talks between the three parties since February. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States and Donald Trump are the only countries and people in the…

·Washington, United States
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Two current leaders in the Nordic region tried to save the peace process between Ukraine, Russia and the US. Now the parties are gathering in Abu Dhabi – the meeting will be a test of the lightning mediation from Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

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(Updates with a statement from one of the U.S. mediators) Kiev, Nov 10 (EFE).- The Ukrainian negotiating team has met in Abu Dhabi with representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission and with US mediators before it began in the Emirati capital the first [...] Entry Tripartite negotiations on Ukraine will continue tomorrow after 4.5 hours of consultations was first published in HolaNews.

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Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the United States, began in Abu Dhabi. According to diplomatic sources quoted by the British publication The Economist, Washington would have proposed changing the administrative boundaries of eastern Ukraine so that Russia could declare full control over Donbas, respectively over the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. At the same time, Moscow transmits that it is unwilling to accept an armistice un…

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t-online broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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