Summary
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said the United States will mediate working-level Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10 and 11. The talks are expected to cover security arrangements, de-escalation and humanitarian issues, as Russia continued attacks across Ukraine.
Key Facts
- Witkoff announced the planned talks in a post on X.
- U.S., Ukrainian and Russian officials are scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10 and 11.
- U.S. negotiators plan to meet this week with representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom and NATO about security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Previous U.S.-mediated talks during President Donald Trump's second term have produced prisoner exchanges and other limited agreements.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained a demand for Ukraine to accept Russia's annexation of occupied territory; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected that demand.
- A localized ceasefire in Ukraine's Kherson region ended Sunday after allowing humanitarian supplies into Oleshky and the evacuation of residents.
- Ukrainian authorities said at least 29 people were killed in a village in Zaporizhzhia and 25 were wounded in a strike on a medical facility in Kharkiv.
- Russia's Defense Ministry said it struck energy facilities across Ukraine and port infrastructure in the Odesa region.
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