After failed negotiations, US, Russia and Ukraine restart talks in Abu Dhabi

A new round in Abu Dhabi

The Russian, Ukrainian and US delegations are meeting in Abu Dhabi for two days of talks on Tuesday, November 10, and Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Russian state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported that discussions were due to start at 11:50 a.m. local time, or 0750 GMT.

The meeting is a renewed attempt to end a conflict that has lasted more than 56 months. The invasion has killed thousands and displaced millions, while earlier negotiations have not produced a peace resolution.

The sides remain far apart

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, regions Moscow annexed in September 2022 without taking all their territory. He has also called for Ukraine to abandon its NATO ambitions, limit its military capability and lift restrictions on the Russian language and the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected giving up territory Russia has not captured by force. He also opposes limits on Ukraine’s armed forces or on its alliances with Western partners. Putin has warned he would use force if Kyiv rejects his demands.

Delegations and mediation

Russia’s delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Putin who has headed Moscow’s negotiations since 2022. The article identifies other Russian participants as deputy foreign ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov, and Yuri Zhigarlovsky, described as deputy chief of the General Staff’s operational department.

Europe holds separate discussions

EU representatives are expected to attend on the sidelines, but not to participate in the main talks. Umerov said German, British, French and Italian representatives, along with NATO and EU officials, would hold separate discussions with members of Kyiv’s team.

Kushner said he and Witkoff would also meet separately with envoys from Ukraine, the EU, NATO, Germany, France, the UK and Italy. He said the discussions would continue consultation and coordination on European security and Ukraine’s postwar future. Trump last week referred to a “very big agreement” involving “all of Europe,” prompting concern that the US could press Kyiv to make territorial concessions favorable to Moscow.