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U.S.-brokered talks are set to start in Abu Dhabi to discuss Ukraine-Russia peace deal

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U.S.-brokered peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States begin on November 10, 2026, in Abu Dhabi, focusing on security guarantees after months without direct negotiations. Russian President Vladimir Putin demands that Ukraine withdraw troops from four annexed regions and accept conditions limiting its military and language rights, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists on an immediate ceasefire as a prerequisite for further discussion. Both sides send senior officials to the two-day meeting despite remaining far apart on key issues.
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As of November 10, 2026, negotiators from Russia and Ukraine are set to meet for peace talks brokered by the United States in Abu Dhabi. Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, expressed "restrained optimism" about progress toward an eventual meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. European officials will also participate, defying earlier Kremlin objections; French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed Europe’s representation at the talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war.

The discussions come as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy claims battlefield successes, including heavy recent Russian losses and effective long-range strikes on targets inside Russia, particularly oil facilities. Despite some optimism, Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on key issues such as control of eastern regions postwar. U.S. officials note that both sides are showing "a little bit of flexibility," but significant obstacles still exist in achieving a durable peace agreement.

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The two-day session in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting since February, will focus on security guarantees.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said on X that he and fellow envoy Steve Witkoff were working on a "negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment.”
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The two-day session in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting since February, will focus on security guarantees.

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The three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States start on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) in the United Arab Emirates, renewing a push for peace after several rounds of negotiations earlier this year. asserted
talks → start → negotiations
The two-day session in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting since February, will focus on security guarantees. asserted
session → focus → guarantees
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said on X that he and fellow envoy Steve Witkoff were working on a "negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment.” asserted
that → say → environment
Russia and Ukraine hold to their divergent demands Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart on key elements of any prospective deal to end the full-scale war, now nearing its five-year mark. asserted
Moscow → hold → mark
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to pull its troops back from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson — the four regions that Moscow illegally annexed in September 2022 but never fully captured. asserted
Moscow → want → September
He also demands that Ukraine abandon its bid to join NATO, accept strict limits on its military and drop restrictions on the Russian language and the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church in Ukraine. asserted
Ukraine → demand → Ukraine
Mr. Putin wants a comprehensive peace deal on those conditions and won't agree to a general halt in hostilities, arguing that would only allow Ukrainian troops to rest and replenish their weapons stockpiles. asserted
troops → want → stockpiles
He has warned that Russia will achieve its goals by force if Kyiv refuses to meet its conditions for peace. asserted
Kyiv → warn → peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects Mr. Putin's demands to voluntarily cede territory that Russia has not been able to take on the battlefield. asserted
Russia → reject → battlefield
Mr. Zelenskyy also rejects any limits on Ukraine's military or its arrangements with Western partners, which Kyiv sees as essential security guarantees to stop Moscow from invading again. asserted
Kyiv → reject → Moscow
Ukraine argues that an immediate ceasefire is the necessary first step toward negotiating a wider settlement and says a direct meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy is the only way territorial issues can be settled. asserted
issues → argue → Putin
Russia and Ukraine send experienced negotiators asserted
Russia → send → negotiators
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations include senior officials who have attended previous rounds of talks. asserted
who → include → talks
Russia's chief negotiator is Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky, who has led Moscow's team since the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2022. asserted
who → lead → March
The Russian delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and deputy chief of the General Staff's operational department Yuri Zhigarlovsky. asserted
delegation → include → department
Ukraine's delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, head of the country's Foreign Intelligence Service, who also attended earlier talks. asserted
who → lead → talks
It also reportedly includes Mr. Zelenskyy's chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov, his deputy Sergiy Kyslytsya and Davyd Arakhamia, the parliamentary faction leader of Mr. Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party. uncertain
It → include → party
Russia and Ukraine have escalated aerial attacks Published - November 10, 2026 12:10 pm IST asserted
Russia → escalate → attacks
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