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    "headline": "Putin tells Witkoff Russia is ready to resume three-way Ukraine talks around November 10",
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    "articleBody": "Russia has told Washington it is ready, “in principle,” to restart three-way peace talks with the United States and Ukraine “around the 10th of November,” Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said after Vladimir Putin hosted US special envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, October 21. Ushakov said the agenda for that round would be what he called the main issue: a security system for Russia and Ukraine once the fighting stops. He put the meeting at Constantine Palace at nearly three hours and counted it as the ninth between Putin and US representatives. Jared Kushner, who had been expected to attend, joined by video; the Kremlin cited health reasons. A US official separately said Moscow and Kyiv had both agreed to resume technical-level talks with the United States, and Ushakov later named Abu Dhabi as a possible venue. Kyiv signaled it was on board. Returning from Norway, Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had been told that “Russia supports a trilateral meeting at the level of our [negotiating] teams” and that it should happen “no later than early November.” In an interview the same day he warned that Ukraine would reject any settlement written by China, Russia and the United States over its head: “Don’t talk about us without us.” He added that any deal would need the approval of Ukraine’s parliament. How the talks got here The two days of meetings capped a turbulent month. A short timeline, assembled from Kremlin, Ukrainian and US statements: February 2026: The last round of US-mediated talks is held, before the United States and Israel go to war with Iran. After Russia’s State Duma elections: A planned restart falls apart. The Kremlin blames large Ukrainian strikes on the main voting day. Early October: President Donald Trump announces an “energy ceasefire.” Neither Moscow nor Kyiv confirms agreeing to it, and Russian missiles hit Ukrainian energy sites within hours. October 9 and 10: Putin and Trump speak by phone; a day later Trump announces a deal for Russian diesel to flow to the US, which Zelensky calls a sign of “weakness.” October 16: Five days before the St. Petersburg meeting, Trump waives sanctions on Russia that were about to take effect. October 20: In Oslo, Zelensky meets Witkoff, with Kushner online, alongside Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and security advisers from the EU, NATO, the UK, Germany and Italy. Ukraine’s presidency says the US side confirmed that security guarantees for Ukraine “must be strong.” October 21: Witkoff sees Putin, Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard, and the Kremlin names its November target. Economic offers ran alongside the diplomacy. Witkoff thanked Putin for lifting export controls on Russian diesel, and Putin said the first tanker, carrying 40,000 tonnes, would sail within two or three days. He also offered fertilizer for American farmers and help on Iran. Ushakov said the group discussed a first-ever meeting of the Russian, Chinese and US leaders at next month’s APEC summit in Shenzhen, China, an idea he said no capital had rejected. Progress or pressure: the competing readings Officials who see momentum point to what was said in the room. Witkoff told Putin the Oslo sessions were productive and showed “some degree of momentum.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Oslo talks as “positive.” Støre said “we may have entered a phase now where the Russians are also looking for opportunities for diplomacy,” and Stubb said the peace effort was “back on track.” Moscow’s own account was cooler. Ushakov said the European and Ukrainian ideas Witkoff carried had “little in them that could help resolve the Ukraine crisis,” and that Putin had described Russian forces as holding the “strategic initiative” on the front line. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying the talks would take a long time. Putin still demands that Ukraine hand over all of the Donetsk region before any ceasefire, a condition Kyiv rejects. Critics in Washington and Kyiv seized on the tone. Witkoff’s description of Putin as “a humanitarian” for freeing Hubbard drew rebukes from senators in both parties. Republican John Cornyn called Putin a “stone cold killer,” and Republican Thom Tillis called the remark “embarrassing and outrageous.” Oleksandr Merezhko, who chairs the Ukrainian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, called it “a total disgrace for America, American diplomacy and even for President Trump.” Ukraine and its European allies also object to the diesel purchases, arguing that they help pay for Russia’s war. Defenders of the approach say outcomes matter more than adjectives. Vice President JD Vance said of Hubbard’s return, “we should all be celebrating that, not be complaining about what Steve Witkoff said in order to get it done.” Trump, asked about the label, said “I guess you could say for that particular purpose,” and said he did not want to “upset an apple cart where we’re getting close to settling a war.” Three dates that do not quite match The timetables on offer differ. Zelensky wants the meeting no later than early November. The Kremlin transcript says around November 10. Ushakov was also quoted as saying the talks could come in mid-November. Taken together, that is a window of roughly two weeks, and the later end runs into the APEC gathering in Shenzhen, where the Kremlin hopes a Trump-Putin-Xi meeting can be added to the program. Witkoff was due back in Oslo for more consultations with European officials, Støre said. The next fixed marker is the Kremlin’s own: Russian, Ukrainian and US teams around the table on or about November 10. Further reading Wikipedia: Stephen Hubbard Image: Official website of the President of Russia, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. How we work.",
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