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Putin agrees to resume US-Ukraine-Russia talks after November 10
The diplomatic channel reopens without resolving ceasefire or security disputes.
The diplomatic channel reopens without resolving ceasefire or security disputes.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States are trying to reopen a diplomatic channel that stalled after earlier talks failed to bridge differences over a ceasefire and the basis of a settlement. After a three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin, US envoy Steve Witkoff secured Moscow’s agreement in principle to resume discussions around or after November 10. Ukraine says it is coordinating with Washington and wants a meeting as soon as early November. The proposed format is a technical meeting of negotiating teams, not a leaders’ summit, with Abu Dhabi under consideration but no final venue or date confirmed.1
The central issue is how security would work after the war. Talks may cover guarantees for Ukraine, Russia’s security demands, territorial control, foreign forces, and Europe’s role, , reconstruction and US-Russia economic cooperation. Those questions carry major consequences for safety, borders, sanctions and rebuilding, but remain unsettled. The announcement marks a possible diplomatic opening, not a peace agreement, and progress will depend on whether the sides can turn broad security ideas into arrangements they can enforce.1
The latest development was an agreement in principle to resume , not the start of negotiations or a settlement. Any concrete progress will depend on whether the parties can resolve the and design an .
Russia expressed willingness in principle to resume trilateral talks after November 10. Ukraine supported a as soon as possible, preferably by early November, leaving the final timing and arrangements unsettled.
The meeting included discussion of restoring US-Russia economic cooperation, a postwar economic and prosperity plan, and broader European security architecture, alongside preparations for possible trilateral talks.
Russian officials said the proposed trilateral talks would address a security framework for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict, while US officials also cited for Ukraine and a broader .
The announced format centered on negotiating teams discussing the next steps toward a settlement, not an immediate meeting of Putin, Zelenskyy, and the US president. Abu Dhabi was identified as a possible venue, but the reporting did not establish a final date or fully confirmed agenda.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was coordinating with US officials and supported holding the meeting as soon as possible, preferably no later than early November. He also expressed support for ceasefire proposals, an , and .
Putin agreed in principle to restart the trilateral process after November 10, with Russian officials indicating that a mid-November meeting was possible. Moscow said the talks should address a for both Russia and Ukraine, but it did not announce a peace deal.
US envoy met Putin for about three hours in St. Petersburg. The discussions covered ending the war, resuming , European security, postwar arrangements, and possible economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.
Russia agreed in principle to resume US-Ukraine-Russia talks after November 10, with the proposed discussions focused on technical issues rather than an immediate leaders’ summit. Ukraine supported holding as soon as possible, preferably by early November.
The three countries previously held aimed at ending the war, but the process paused after the sides failed to bridge disagreements over and the basis for a settlement. The proposed restart would therefore reopen a channel that has not produced a peace agreement.