Russia and the United States have begun coordinating the exact date of a trilateral meeting with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told the Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin, as reported by TASS on Friday. Ushakov said it is definitely clear the meeting will be held in November, that Moscow has passed its considerations to the Americans and is awaiting their answer, and that the timing will depend on factors of both a domestic and an international character. Only mid November had been mentioned before, with no concrete date discussed, and neither Washington nor Kyiv had confirmed Ushakov’s account in reporting available at the time of writing.
Russia says Abu Dhabi trilateral talks date being set
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow and Washington have begun coordinating the exact date of a Russia, US and Ukraine trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi, and that it will definitely take place in November.
Why it matters: A dated trilateral meeting would be the next concrete step in the US led effort to restart Ukraine negotiations, but so far only the Russian side has described the scheduling as under way.
Data as of TASS report of October 30, 2026, in Russian, read in full in this run. Ushakov's account is a Russian official claim carried by a Russian state agency; no US or Ukrainian confirmation of the date coordination was in the feed pool at the time of writing, so the scheduling claim is uncorroborated. Developing item.
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- Russia and the US have begun coordinating dates for a trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi - TASS, in Russian - 2026-10-30