Russia-US-Ukraine talks begin in Abu Dhabi: expert sees risk of a repeat of the Minsk agreements

On November 10, two-day talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine began in Abu Dhabi. The opening featured mutual expressions of thanks: Jared Kushner thanked Putin and Zelensky, while Vladimir Medinsky thanked the United States. Tsargrad columnist Sergey Latyshev, meanwhile, called the format a trap for Russia, pointing to the parties' opposing objectives.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 10 November 2026 at 15:062 min read

The key facts

On November 10, two-day talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine began in Abu Dhabi
Kushner thanked Putin and Zelensky for their trust in the UAE, and Medinsky thanked the United States for its peace efforts
Expert Latyshev considers the meeting a possible trap and compares the scenario to the Minsk agreements

Talks begin in Abu Dhabi

On November 10, three-way talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine began in Abu Dhabi, scheduled to last two days. Opening the meeting, Jared Kushner thanked Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky for their courage and their trust in the UAE as a venue. The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, in turn, expressed gratitude to the United States for its efforts to achieve peace. Life.ru is providing a running account of the meeting in a dedicated section covering the Abu Dhabi talks.

Expert assessment: a trap and the risk of 'Minsk-3'

Against the backdrop of the meeting's opening, Tsargrad columnist Sergey Latyshev offered a skeptical assessment of the format, calling the talks a potential trap for Russia. In his view, Moscow and Kyiv came to the meeting with opposing objectives: the Russian approach calls for security agreements first and a ceasefire afterward, whereas Ukraine seeks above all to stop the fighting so it can regroup its forces and only then discuss settlement terms. In that scenario he saw a threat of a repeat of the Minsk agreements — hence the mention of a possible 'Minsk-3' in the headline of the Life.ru publication.

What remains uncertain

Latyshev allows that even the acceptance of Russia's proposals does not eliminate risk: the West could use a halt in the fighting to rearm Ukraine. He also assesses the US role with caveats: Donald Trump needs a diplomatic result, but domestic confrontation with the Democrats could push the American leader to back away from his promises. This is one expert's opinion, not an established fact; the substantive outcomes of the two-day meeting were unknown at the time of publication — the talks had only just begun, and it is premature to draw conclusions about whose approach will prevail.