Moscow, November 7. Russia has named the members of its delegation to the three-way talks with the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10 and 11: it will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Russian media report.
Besides Medinsky the delegation includes Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, General Staff Main Directorate chief Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigarlovsky, deputy head of the General Staff’s Main Operations Directorate, Peskov said. According to a Ukrainian outlet, Ryabkov goes to the talks for the first time, while Galuzin and Kostyukov took part in earlier rounds, the outlet writes. Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who attended Vladimir Putin’s meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council, will not take direct part in the talks and will oversee them as foreign-policy aide, Peskov said.
The talks will be in a three-way format, Russia, the US and Ukraine with US mediation; European countries are not included, Peskov said on November 3. US special envoy Steve Witkoff named the dates on November 2, and on November 3 Peskov confirmed the Russian delegation’s participation and added that Putin would approve its final composition, Russian press reports say. The agenda, according to Russian press reports, covers security, de-escalation and humanitarian initiatives, including mutual security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine.
These will be the first talks of this kind since February, Ukrainian media note: the last US-mediated talks took place before the US and Israel began a war against Iran, the outlet writes. Representatives of Russia, the US and Ukraine first met in Abu Dhabi on January 23–24, a Russian portal recalls; then, according to Peskov, Russia was represented at the first meeting of the three-way security working group only by military officers, the portal reported.
What it means: The Kremlin has named names, and they show that both diplomats and military officers will go to Abu Dhabi, led by a presidential aide: in January, according to Peskov, Russia was represented at the first meeting only by military officers. The delegations have not officially disclosed what questions the sides are ready to discuss: the press describes the agenda.
What we know now: The dates are November 10 and 11, the place is Abu Dhabi, the format is Russia, the US and Ukraine with US mediation. The Russian line-up is fully named. Russian reports do not mention the composition of the Ukrainian and American delegations.
Background: Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The first three-way meeting of Russia, the US and Ukraine took place there on January 23–24, 2026, and the last US-mediated talks were held in February.
We have also reported on preparations for the talks in Abu Dhabi.
