US, Russia and Ukraine Launch Abu Dhabi Peace Talks
WHO:
Al Jazeera - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s armed forces chief, General Mykhailo Drapatyi, had reported on Ukraine’s military positions and heavy recent Russian losses.
Al Jazeera - The U.S. delegation is led by President Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner; Russia’s delegation is headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky; Ukraine’s delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
CBS News - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made security guarantees a long-running Ukrainian demand. Kushner said he and Special Envoy Witkoff were working toward a negotiated solution.
Al Jazeera - President Trump said both sides were “tired of fighting”; Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the process still has “a ways to go.” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the talks would be trilateral.
ABC News - American, Ukrainian and Russian representatives gathered for the talks.
WHAT:
Al Jazeera - Zelenskyy said, “We are responding to Russia’s war in a fully justified manner and demonstrating that this war must end,” and said the United States should persuade Russia to end the war.
Al Jazeera - Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants Russia pushed back to the original border between the two countries; Russian President Vladimir Putin wants all of Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Al Jazeera - France, Germany and the European Commission said they would send officials to the Abu Dhabi talks; Russia opposed European participation.
CBS News - The article said diplomatic efforts had largely stalled after Trump launched a war on Iran and that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had since held separate meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy.
CBS News - The United States, Ukraine and Russia began a two-day session of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Kushner said the talks could “build momentum” toward future negotiations and described the goal as lasting peace and a “sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine.”
Al Jazeera - Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s battlefield gains were strengthening its negotiating position and claimed Russia was “suffering record losses”; Moscow disputes that claim. He said Ukrainian long-range strikes, including against oil facilities inside Russia, were having an effect.
CBS News - Putin has demanded Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, accept military limits, abandon its NATO bid, and lift restrictions on the Russian language and the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church. Zelenskyy rejected voluntarily ceding territory Russia has not captured and rejected limits on Ukraine’s military or Western partnerships.
CBS News - Ukraine says an immediate ceasefire should begin broader negotiations and that a direct Putin–Zelenskyy meeting is the only way to settle territorial issues.
CBS News - Melania Trump’s office said she secured a temporary humanitarian ceasefire for Oleshky that lasted from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1.
Al Jazeera - Russia occupies roughly 20 percent of Ukraine, including Crimea and parts of eastern Donbas. Moscow’s claims to occupied Ukrainian regions are not internationally recognised.
WHERE:
Al Jazeera; CBS News; ABC News - The talks are taking place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Russia, Ukraine and the United States are represented.
CBS News - The temporary ceasefire concerned Oleshky, a Russian-occupied Ukrainian city.
WHEN:
CBS News - The talks are described as a two-day session.
Al Jazeera - The delegations last met in Geneva on February 18; earlier Abu Dhabi consultations took place in January and February.
WHY:
Al Jazeera - The talks seek to end the war; security guarantees for Ukraine are a central topic, including a possible defense commitment modeled on Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty.
CBS News - Ukraine views security guarantees as essential to prevent another Russian invasion.
HOW:
Al Jazeera - The negotiations are being conducted as a trilateral format with U.S. mediation. Peskov said European officials would not participate.
Al Jazeera - A U.S. official said Moscow and Kyiv had privately shown some flexibility on occupied Ukrainian territory and that a territorial agreement would likely come after other matters, including a post-war security framework.
CBS News - Kushner suggested a future agreement would include a security arrangement involving European countries and Russia.
(UPDATED November 10, 2026 11:58 UTC)
Ukraine, Russia and the United States began two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Security guarantees remain central, as Kyiv rejects surrendering territory or limiting its military. Zelenskyy says Ukrainian battlefield gains strengthen its position, while Russia disputes claims of heavy losses.
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(UPDATED November 10, 2026 10:59 UTC)
U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian representatives have begun two-day peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Ukraine is pressing for security guarantees, while Russia’s territorial demands remain a major obstacle. The U.S.-mediated discussions seek a lasting settlement, but officials say negotiations have far to go.