Russia, Ukraine, and the USA are preparing for new negotiations: details have emerged

The press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, reported that trilateral negotiations involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United States will take place in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 10-11, according to Tengrinews.kz citing RBC. Commenting on reports of a possible participation of a European representative in the negotiations, Peskov stated that she would not be able to attend the negotiating table because only a trilateral format had been agreed upon. The press secretary of the Russian leader emphasized that Russia will eventually have to talk to Europe about the future security system, but "we need to understand who" to have the dialogue with. Speaking about the composition of the Russian delegation, Peskov stated that it will be represented by various departments, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the exact composition will be approved later by the head of state. The chief negotiator remains the presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. The American delegation will be led by the special envoy of the US President Steve Witcoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to Axios. Ukraine has not yet announced the composition of the delegation for the upcoming negotiations. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy explained that the trilateral meeting will take place at the level of negotiating teams. According to him, Kyiv hopes that work in this format and other diplomatic steps will allow for negotiations at the level of leaders. He also stressed that Ukraine is coordinating with Germany and other European countries on the main issues of the negotiations. We expect the trilateral meeting format – Ukraine, the United States, and Russia – to resume soon, on November 10–11. This will be a team-level format, and we count on the work in this format and our other diplomatic steps to pave the way for a trilateral format at the level of leaders. It is this format – at the level of leaders – that can resolve the key issues needed to achieve lasting peace and guaranteed security. We are coordinating very substantively with Germany and other European countries on the main points of the negotiations. Europe is part of the peace process, and we are doing everything to ensure that we have a shared European view of the security challenges, how this war should end, and what its outcome should be. Peace must be dignified – and then it can become lasting. This is one of our key principles. Tomorrow, there will also be meetings in Brussels – America, Europe, NATO, and Ukraine – on the recovery package and security guarantees. The work will take place at the team level. I said this during the press conference with Friedrich Merz @bundeskanzler. The discussion on the resumption of trilateral negotiations between Russia, the US, and Ukraine intensified after the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Witcoff on October 21 in St. Petersburg. Putin made a statement on Ukraine after the meeting with Trump's representative. Following the meeting, the presidential aide Yuri Ushakov reported that a new round of negotiations could take place in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November. A few days later, US President Donald Trump announced that "great progress will be achieved," suggesting imminent contact. Trump stated that the end of the war in Ukraine is "closer than ever before." In parallel, the sides discussed possible terms for resolving the conflict, including security guarantees. Zelenskyy stated that this issue was raised at the meeting of representatives of Ukraine, EU countries, and the US in Oslo. According to him, it concerned guarantees analogous to those provided by Article 5 of NATO. Zelenskyy first allowed the discussion of Russian demands in this area but insisted that security for Ukraine must be ensured first, according to the Financial Times. Moscow, in turn, stressed the need to consider Russia's security interests. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, the guarantees should include Ukraine's refusal to join NATO and the removal of foreign troops from its territory. Kazakhstan suspended oil flow to Russia: what happened