Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> rejects Mr. Putin\u2019s demands to voluntarily cede Ukrainian territory. Russia has not been able to take on the battlefield and agree to limits on the military and arrangements with Western partners, which it sees as essential security guarantees to stop Russia from invading again in the future.<\/p>\nUkraine argues that an immediate ceasefire is the first step toward negotiating a wider settlement and says a direct meeting between Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelenskyy is the only way territorial issues can be settled.<\/p>\n
Russia and Ukraine said the Abu Dhabi talks will focus on security guarantees.<\/p>\n
Mr. Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine and its allies have discussed security guarantees similar to NATO\u2019s Article 5, which states the alliance sees an attack on one of its members as an attack against all.<\/p>\n
In an interview broadcast on November 5, he said Ukraine\u2019s security guarantees boil down to what Western allies would do if Russia launched a new invasion of his country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Russia starts again, what will happen,\u201d Mr. Zelenskyy asked. \u201cWho will do what, with what means, and when?\u201d<\/p>\n
Some European nations have mulled a possible deployment of their troops to Ukraine after a prospective peace deal. Russia rejects that as a nonstarter, warning it would view any European troops on Ukrainian soil as legitimate targets.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin insists that any prospective deal should offer security guarantees for Russia as well. Just before Moscow launched the all-out invasion in 2022, it demanded that NATO roll back its deployments of troops and weapons from the alliance\u2019s members in Central and Eastern Europe, seeing their presence as a security threat. Similar demands will likely be part of any comprehensive peace deal put forth by Russia.<\/p>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump said after meeting Mr. Putin\u2019s envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House on Nov. 4 that some kind of grand deal about European security was in the works, although he did not elaborate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big agreement and it\u2019s going to involve more than Ukraine,\u201d Trump said, adding that it might include all of Europe.<\/p>\n
Ukraine insists its European allies must have a seat at the negotiating table, while Russia opposes any such involvement at this stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one is going to invite them to the negotiating table,\u201d Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov snapped when asked if European envoys could join the Abu Dhabi talks. He added that if they fly there, they won\u2019t be allowed into the room.<\/p>\n
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Europeans would need to be involved in broader negotiations, but only later.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince the discussion will touch upon the future security architecture in Europe while addressing the mutual security of Russia and Ukraine, at some stage it would be impossible to do it without the Europeans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On October 27, Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb and Norway\u2019s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re spoke by phone with Mr. Putin in their first known direct conversation since shortly after the 2022 invasion. They said they spoke in their capacity as the heads of Russia\u2019s Nordic neighbours and not on behalf of the European Union, which has struggled to pick a negotiator with Moscow.<\/p>\n
Mr. Peskov sarcastically noted that EU members \u201ccan\u2019t even decide yet who is authorised to speak on their behalf,\u201d calling it \u201ca protracted indecisiveness and a lack of readiness on its part.\u201d<\/p>\n
On November 4, Mr. Zelenskyy said in a post on X that he had held a 90-minute conversation with U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner, saying the talks \u201cmust move forward at full throttle to bring this war to an end as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kushner said on X that \u201cour objective is to develop practical arrangements that address the security concerns of all sides, reduce the risk of future conflict, and create a more stable and predictable security environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
For over 30 years, \u201cEurope and Russia have struggled to establish a sustainable security framework,\u201d Kushner wrote. \u201cDecades of mistrust, competing security concerns, and the devastating consequences of this war make this an extraordinarily difficult challenge, but one that is essential to lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted the main goals of the talks were \u201cpermanent security consultations, reliable crisis communications, greater military transparency, reciprocal measures to reduce escalation risks, and an enduring framework for long-term European security and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Putin\u2019s aide Vladimir Medinsky, who led Russia\u2019s delegation in the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul in March 2022 and in subsequent sessions, remains Moscow\u2019s chief negotiator.<\/p>\n
A former culture minister who wrote books about purported Western plots against Russia over the centuries, Medinsky is known for his hard-line views and blustery statements. At the 2025 talks, also in Istanbul, he reportedly said it took Peter the Great 21 years to defeat Sweden in the 18th century and Moscow also is ready now to fight as long as it takes.<\/p>\n
Mr. Putin has said repeatedly that Russia will achieve its goals by force if Ukraine fails to accept its conditions for peace.<\/p>\n
Russia has intensified its strikes on Ukraine\u2019s power system, seeking to undermine the country\u2019s resolve as winter sets in. Moscow has relied on ballistic missiles and new, faster jet-powered drones, taking advantage of Ukraine\u2019s shortage of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors.<\/p>\n
Mr. Zelenskyy said last week that \u201cevery power plant in Ukraine has been damaged in one way or another by attacks\u201d and urged Kyiv\u2019s allies to provide generators and other equipment to keep the electricity flowing.<\/p>\n
He also pleaded with allies to tap their own air defence stockpiles to help Ukraine fend off Russia\u2019s attacks and replenish them later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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