TREE NEWS update: Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on the 30th that Russia plans to hold trilateral talks with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi under US mediation, calling them of “decisive significance” for resolving the Ukraine issue. In an interview with VGTRK host Pavel Zarubin, Ushakov said the Russia-US-Ukraine talks are “decisive” for everything that has happened in recent years and for the future. President Vladimir Putin had already confirmed Russia’s readiness to resume trilateral talks during a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Russia says Russia-US-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi are ‘decisive’
The word "decisive" is doing heavy lifting here: it is a Russian official's characterization, not an agreed outcome, and no date, format or agenda for the Abu Dhabi trilateral has been disclosed. The signal worth noting is the mediation structure itself — Washington convening Moscow and Kyiv directly, with Putin's readiness conveyed through a US envoy — which places the US in the room rather than at the margins. Whether the talks actually convene, and whether "decisive" survives contact with the negotiating table, is the open question.
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