Putin agrees to UAE peace talks with US and Ukraine next month but 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 said the talks, frozen since the start of the year, could open 'around November 10'. The breakthrough followed US envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday. After Moscow released Stephen Hubbard — a retired American teacher aged 74 — Witkoff described Putin as a 'humanitarian'. Putin insists any talks must settle security for a final deal.
Volodymyr Zelensky wants the talks to happen 'as soon as possible'.
Czech President Petr Pavel says Trump's diesel deal with Russia set talks back: 'It will be much harder now.'
A Ukrainian official says only 'a couple' of Patriot interceptors remain as US transfers stall.
