There were secret talks between the U.S. and Russia in Abu Dhabi on Monday, the existence of which emerged in reports by Reuters and the Financial Times, as the Trump administration tries to maintain the momentum of progress with its evolving peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, which still rages in the background. Those talks are set to continue on Tuesday.
What To Know
- U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is meeting with a Russian delegation in Abu Dhabi to discuss the Ukraine peace plan. Ukraine’s GUR chief Kyrylo Budanov is also in Abu Dhabi at the same time, the FT reported.
- The initial 28-point plan, viewed positively by Russia, was "refined" after U.S.-Ukraine talks in Geneva on Sunday to address Kyiv's concerns that the first draft was too heavily in Moscow's favor and crossed its red lines. The latest draft under discussion now has 19 points.
- There were intense Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight into Tuesday, with 460 drones and 22 missiles, leaving several civilians dead and dozens more injured, including in the capital Kyiv. Russia said a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on its territory had also left civilians dead and wounded.
- NATO's Romania said it detected at least two Russian drones that had breached its airspace during the latest aerial attack on Ukraine, and it scrambled fighter jets in response.
- European allies, upset with Trump's original plan, which they played no part in drafting, produced their own counter-proposal, and said no provisions in any final framework that affected the EU or NATO could be agreed upon without the consent of members of both. Russia dismissed the European plan as a non-starter.
- The Kremlin said it is aware that the original Trump draft plan has undergone changes, but it has not seen the new version. It had no updates to give on the ongoing Abu Dhabi talks. Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, called the first version the peace plan "a very good basis for negotiations".
- President Donald Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for a peace framework to be agreed. He wrote on Truth Social on Monday: "Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine??? Don’t believe it until you see it, but something good just may be happening."
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