After Nov. 4: What to Watch as Trump's Envoys Bring Russia and Ukraine Back to the Table

The Kremlin says it is ready to talk once its national holiday passes, Kyiv says it will show up, and Abu Dhabi is the likely venue. Moscow is already calling round one a "trial run."

By Clara Hughes

After months of stalled diplomacy, President Trump's peace team has Russia and Ukraine agreeing to sit down again. The Kremlin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Friday that the next round is "planned for the first half of November in Abu Dhabi" and "will take place in a trilateral format," Al Jazeera reported. On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed it. "We are ready to talk," he said, according to The Guardian. Here is how we got here and what to watch. How the talks were revived U.S.-brokered talks were held earlier this year but made little progress, then lapsed while the administration was focused on Iran, Al Jazeera reported. The restart came through a burst of shuttle diplomacy. On Oct. 20, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Zelensky and European partners in Oslo, The Kyiv