Trump says Putin and Zelensky will meet 'very soon' to end the war, with Abu Dhabi talks due after midterms
Devastation in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where a local ceasefire took effect at 3am to clear the way for an aid mission for the 6,000 people, including 200 children, trapped and desperately short of food and medicine.Melania Trump as Ukraine's Dmytro Lubinets said Kyiv is honouring its commitments despite Russian missiles striking the city's Southern Bridge and metro infrastructure the same morning the truce…
Zelensky said high-stakes Russia-Ukraine peace talks could begin as soon as 10 November — originally scheduled for late November but now brought forward after both sides signalled readiness. Trump confirmed to reporters stepping off Air Force One in Texas that a three-way meeting with Putin and Zelensky is set for "very soon," adding he believes "a lot of progress could be made."
The summit is expected to be US-led and held in Abu Dhabi, the first direct talks since Trump lifted sanctions on Moscow.
Zelensky warned Trump must stop "sucking up" to Putin and call him out as a global threat — or Ukraine will not pay a heavy price for peace.
Steve Witkoff's back-to-back meetings with Zelensky in Oslo and Putin in Saint Petersburg last week broke the deadlock that had frozen talks since the start of the year.
