Russia confirms new Ukraine peace talks as Melania Trump prepares to host ceasefire meeting – CNBC

Russia confirms new Ukraine peace talks as Melania Trump prepares to host ceasefire meeting  CNBCUkraine war briefing: US to mediate talks with Kyiv and Moscow in Abu Dhabi next week, says Witkoff  The GuardianU.S., Russia and Ukraine to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi next week, Witkoff says  AxiosUS to mediate trilateral talks with Ukraine, Russia in Abu Dhabi next week, US envoy says  ReutersU.S. to mediate Ukraine-Russia talks aimed at brokering “next steps toward peace,” U.S. envoy Witkoff says  CBS News

Russia confirmed Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi next week and signaled a possible Trump-Putin-Xi summit, raising questions over Kyiv's role in negotiations. Russia on Tuesday confirmed that peace talks with Ukraine and the U.S. will go ahead next week in Abu Dhabi, while also signaling that a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to end the conflict was on the table. Putin aide Vladimir ​Medinsky will serve ⁠as Moscow's chief negotiator ​at the talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov.

10-11, Kremlin spokesman ​Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call, according to Reuters. Separately, First Lady Melania Trump will bring Russian and Ukrainian representatives to the White House to discuss the local ceasefire in Kherson, the White House said Tuesday. Monday saw the end of a six-day ceasefire in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky and surrounding areas in the Kherson region to allow for evacuation of residents, in a pause of hostilities that the White House said was brokered by