The second day of talks between the US, Russia, and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi concluded after less than two hours of meeting.

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law; the Emirati foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed; envoy Steve Witkoff and General Alexus Grynkewich, at the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2026. (REUTERS/Rula Rouhana)Russia, Ukraine and the United States concluded the second day of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, in an attempt to end the war, the Russian state agency TASS reported. A press statement is expected. The meeting lasted "just under two hours," according to a TASS correspondent, and was held in a trilateral format. The Russian delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, adviser to President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian one by Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service. Washington is represented by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Igor Kostiukov, head of the General Staff Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, and Vladimir Medinsky, adviser to Putin, at the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2026. (REUTERS/Rula Rouhana)A source from the Ukrainian delegation told the AFP agency that, after the trilateral meeting, another meeting "began" with the Europeans and the United States. Umerov had anticipated on Telegram that the day would begin with the trilateral meeting and continue with a separate meeting with Kyiv's European partners. TASS reported, without giving details, that according to a source a prisoner exchange will be one of the outcomes of the talks. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has officially confirmed this in what has been published so far. Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's foreign intelligence; Kyrylo Budanov, Zelensky's chief of staff, and David Arakhamia, head of the ruling party's parliamentary bloc, at a meeting with Europeans and Americans in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2026. (REUTERS/Rula Rouhana)These are the first trilateral talks since February, when they stalled and the United States shifted its attention to the war in Iran. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had said that on Wednesday "de-escalation measures" would be discussed on energy and Black Sea issues. On Tuesday, after the first day, Zelensky said from Copenhagen: "I see changes. I am very happy with what I hear. We will see what can be done." According to him, territory and a possible "large" prisoner swap were discussed. Moscow demands that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the entire Donetsk region, in the east; Kyiv refuses to give up that fortified area and asks for "very specific security guarantees." Ukraine demands at least ten years of financial support to maintain an army of 800,000 men and rebuild its infrastructure. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Tuesday's talks as "very productive" and said Washington wants to expand the format, "eventually," to European countries. Kushner called for a "new framework" of security for Ukraine, Russia and Europe. A source from the Russian delegation said that ending the war "is only one element" and that the ultimate goal is a "security architecture" for "the entire continent." A Ukrainian source told AFP that "the positions diverge": Kyiv wants to discuss that architecture once hostilities cease and guarantees are in place, and the Russians say the opposite. Meanwhile, the attacks continue. The Ukrainian prime minister, Serhii Koretsky, said that Russia bombed "six important electrical substations" in four provinces during the night. The governor of the Russian region of Leningrad, Alexander Drozdenko, reported that a Ukrainian drone attack set fire to the Ust-Luga oil port and left three people injured; he said that defenses neutralized at least 150 drones.