Zelenskyy Announces Trilateral Peace Talks With U.S. and Russia for November

OPA WIRE, Oct 25 (OPA) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sunday that a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia is scheduled for November. The talks are intended to revive peace negotiations that have remained stagnant for months. Zelenskyy stated that while technical issues will be handled by working groups, territorial disputes require direct engagement at the leadership level.

The diplomatic push follows intense mediation efforts by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held high-level meetings in Oslo with Zelenskyy and European leaders last Tuesday, followed by discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Following these sessions, both Kyiv and Moscow signaled their willingness to resume direct dialogue under Washington's mediation.

Russian foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov confirmed that President Putin agreed in principle to restart discussions after Nov. 10. Ushakov noted that the agenda will focus on establishing a post-conflict security framework for both Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy expressed support for the U.S.-led initiative, emphasizing that the primary objective is to finalize preparations for a meeting between the heads of state.

Diplomatic representatives from the three nations previously conducted three rounds of negotiations earlier this year, meeting in Abu Dhabi in January and February, and in Geneva later in February. Despite those efforts, progress remained limited to prisoner-of-war exchanges, as both sides held firm to their core demands. The upcoming November summit represents the first major attempt to break the deadlock since those early 2026 meetings.