{"id":872,"date":"2026-11-04T21:01:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:01:05","slug":"abu-dhabi-ukraine-russia-us-peace-talks-nov-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"UKRAINE, RUSSIA, AND THE US JUST BOOKED ABU DHABI FOR NOV. 10\u201311! | Medinsky leads Moscow again; Witkoff and Kushner for Washington \u2014 ceasefire still the missing piece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DIPLOMACY GETS A DESERT RESERVATION! The United States will mediate working-level talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on <strong>November 10\u201311<\/strong>, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announced, with the Kremlin confirming participation Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/11\/03\/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-abu-dhabi-trump-putin-xi.html\">CNBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/5f374b32b07b\/world\/europe\/us-hold-trilateral-talks-with-ukraine-russia-abu-dhabi-next-week-us-official-2026-11-02\/\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff said discussions will cover &#8220;post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian measures, and ending the war.&#8221; A senior U.S. official told Reuters that Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected for Washington. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin aide <strong>Vladimir Medinsky<\/strong> will be Moscow&#8217;s chief negotiator \u2014 the same hawkish figure who led earlier Istanbul talks.<\/p>\n<p>Before Abu Dhabi, U.S. negotiators meet European and NATO officials in Brussels this week on postwar security guarantees and Ukraine&#8217;s reconstruction. Separately, first lady Melania Trump will host Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House Thursday on a local Kherson ceasefire after a six-day pause around Oleshky that Ukraine accused Russia of using to reinforce positions.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov also floated hopes of finalizing a Trump\u2013Putin\u2013Xi meeting &#8220;in the coming days&#8221;; Zelenskyy has insisted &#8220;Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.&#8221; Analysts told RFE\/RL not to expect a breakthrough unless Putin accepts a ceasefire \u2014 prisoner swaps remain the likelier near-term outcome.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration by Bugle Blast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/11\/03\/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-abu-dhabi-trump-putin-xi.html\">CNBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/5f374b32b07b\/world\/europe\/us-hold-trilateral-talks-with-ukraine-russia-abu-dhabi-next-week-us-official-2026-11-02\/\">Reuters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/88971\">Kyiv Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medinsky leads Moscow again; Witkoff and Kushner for Washington \u2014 ceasefire still the missing piece<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/bb-abu-dhabi-talks-1104.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}