The key facts

  • Talks between Russia, the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi began on November 10
  • Peskov: the delegation itself will determine the format and frequency of reports to Putin
  • Russia is represented by Medinsky, Ryabkov, Galuzin and General Staff representatives; the US by Witkoff and Kushner, Ukraine by Umerov

Format of reports left to the delegation's discretion

Press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian delegation at the talks in Abu Dhabi will decide on its own when and in what form to inform Vladimir Putin about the progress of the consultations. «The delegation will make its decision depending on how the talks go,» he was quoted as saying Gazeta.Ru. Life.ru, citing Peskov's response to a TASS question, clarifies two possible options: reports may come in promptly, in a «telegraphic» mode, or as a detailed report on the outcome of the discussions.

Who sits at the negotiating table

The talks began on November 10. The Russian side is represented by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergey Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, as well as representatives of two General Staff directorates, Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigalovsky. The Ukrainian delegation is led by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov; it also includes head of the presidential office Kirill Budanov (listed as a terrorist and extremist), his first deputy Serhiy Kyslytsia, leader of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada David Arakhamia, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Vadym Skibitsky, and former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian General Staff Andriy Hnatov. The American delegation is headed by US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

No Europeans at the table

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the absence of Europeans at the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi — that is, the meeting format involves only three parties: Russia, the US and Ukraine. The arrival of the Russian delegation in the capital of the UAE for talks with the US and Ukraine was earlier reported by Life.ru; the consultations involve representatives of Russia's diplomatic and military leadership.