Russia agrees to US-brokered peace talks with Ukraine in the UAE next month, but Putin rules out a 'short' truce
Steve Witkoff (right), the top Trump aide, with Vladimir Putin, as a Kremlin aide said a new round of three-way peace talks could be held around 10 November in Abu Dhabi.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the talks could start 'around November 10', ending a standstill since January. The breakthrough follows US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday. Witkoff had met Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders in Oslo the day before. Putin insists any deal must settle security arrangements, while Zelensky wants talks 'as soon as possible'.
Witkoff told Putin 'You are a humanitarian also, sir' after the release of a jailed American.
Czech President Petr Pavel says Trump's diesel deal with Moscow derailed a ceasefire that was 'so close'.
Trump claimed on Truth Social that Zelensky 'doesn't want to end this war'.
