Zelensky says Ukraine and Russia could hold US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi within days of the US midterms
Melania Trump, as residents of Oleshky reportedly surviving on weeds await the aid deliveries that demining of the planned evacuation route is now making possible.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia-Ukraine peace talks could begin as early as November 10 — one week after Tuesday's US midterm elections — moved forward from an originally scheduled end-of-November date. Kyiv had proposed holding talks this Sunday but agreed to wait until after Americans vote, with a US team expected to lead the summit in Abu Dhabi in what would be the first face-to-face negotiations since Trump lifted sanctions on Moscow.
Zelensky warned Trump directly: 'If you understand Putin's goal is to occupy and destroy us, you can't be on Putin's side.'
The talks would begin only at a 'technical level', Zelensky clarified, but could pave the way for a full trilateral summit involving Trump, Zelensky and Putin.
Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff inflamed tensions by calling Putin 'Sir' and describing him as 'a humanitarian' during earlier St Petersburg talks.
