Trilateral talks between Russia, the US, and Ukraine have begun in Abu Dhabi

On November 10, two-day consultations began in the capital of the UAE in a trilateral format. Zelensky reported a call with the President of Finland, Umerov announced broad mandates for the delegation, and the Kremlin said a direct link with Putin from Abu Dhabi was possible.

Aziz KarimovFirst published on tafs uz 10 November 2026 at 16:072 min read

The key facts

Talks between Russia, the US, and Ukraine began in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and are scheduled for two days
The delegations are led by Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umerov, with the US represented by Witkoff and Kushner
European countries are not participating in the main format, but Kyiv held a separate meeting with them

Start of consultations in Abu Dhabi

On November 10, trilateral talks between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine began in the capital of the UAE, scheduled to last two days. The Russian delegation is led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation by Foreign Intelligence Service head Rustem Umerov, while the American side is represented by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Also spotted among the participants were NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Alexus Grynkewich and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Representatives of European countries did not take part in the main trilateral format — this is reported by Life.ru.

Zelensky spoke by phone with Stubb

After the consultations began, Volodymyr Zelensky called Finnish President Alexander Stubb. According to him, by the time of the call the Ukrainian delegation had already held a separate meeting with European partners and then proceeded to discuss the issues directly with Moscow and Washington. “I spoke with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. The trilateral format in Abu Dhabi has now begun, and there was also a meeting with the Europeans... Alex and I agreed to keep coordinating going forward,” Life.ru quotes from his message on his Telegram channel. Zelensky added that he expects to receive the first details of the talks as early as November 10 — from members of the Ukrainian delegation and Kyiv’s partners.

The delegations’ mandates

Rustem Umerov stated that Zelensky had granted the Ukrainian delegation the mandate to discuss any issues of resolving the conflict. However, he did not clarify whether the negotiators are authorized to make final decisions on their own. For its part, the Kremlin suggested that the Russian delegation could, if necessary, contact Vladimir Putin directly from Abu Dhabi. Thus, both sides signaled at the start of the talks the possibility of prompt coordination with their heads of state, but the extent of the Ukrainian delegation’s independence remains unclear.