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Friday 23 October 2026
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Abu Dhabi is for now the likely venue for three-way talks, that Vladimir Putin sent no written proposals through US envoy Steve Witkoff, and that no decision has been made on Putin attending the G20 summit in Miami.
Asked whether he would describe Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian, as his envoy Steve Witkoff did after Russia freed American Stephen Hubbard, President Donald Trump said it applied to the release. Several Republican lawmakers criticised Witkoff's words.
Asked on Fox & Friends whether he would accept a deal freezing the war where it stands, with Ukraine keeping "75% or more" of its territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said "Yes", calling a freeze the "minimum" needed from Russia before talks on security guarantees.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would consider what US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner offer if it is economically and financially advantageous, but without political concessions. He said Washington's position could change under a future administration.
After about three hours of talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Russia was ready in principle to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv around 10 November, possibly in Abu Dhabi. Russia released retired US teacher Stephen Hubbard as the meeting began.
Volodymyr Zelensky met US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo with Norway's prime minister and Finland's president. Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for negotiations and proposed a trilateral leaders' meeting; Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre said Witkoff would fly to St Petersburg on Wednesday.
A US official said White House envoy Steve Witkoff would hold talks in Oslo on Tuesday with Volodymyr Zelensky, Norway's prime minister and European, EU and NATO officials on a peace proposal for Russia, and then travel to Russia hoping to meet Vladimir Putin.
