Get the free digest
World

Russia-Ukraine talks ‘very productive,’ says US’s Rubio – as it happened

Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US opened Tuesday, November 10, in the United Arab Emirates, as Washington made another push to end the war.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 4 sources•1 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC
Key points
  • US, Russian, and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet this week in Abu Dhabi for talks on ending the nearly five-year war, but experts cautioned that the meetings were unlikely to yield a major breakthrough.
  • “As long as the White House is satisfied with small gestures rather than actual concessions, Putin will not reverse course,” an Atlantic Council expert wrote.
  • Speaking to journalists on Monday, French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot said “ Europe-wide sanctions ” would be imposed against those responsible as he announced France believed that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were “responsible for this attack”.

The talks, which are set to go into a planned second day on Wednesday, are also the first since the US launched joint strikes with Israel against Iran, and they follow bruising midterm elections that have weakened Donald Trump at home.

Ukraine continues to demand security guarantees, which is a non-starter for Russia.

Additional details
  • Ukrainian and Russian representatives last met in February for talks on ending the war, but the same sticking points remain.
  • And we will continue to address such malicious behavior, making use of all the tools that we have also under the EU cyber diplomacy toolbox, including sanctions.
  • Pending discussions with member states, we as (the) European Union, we stand ready to come with a swift and united response.
  • We as the EU, we have consistently called on all states to refrain from malicious behaviour in the cyberspace.
  • It will focus on establishing future security guarantees for the warring countries.

How this summary was made: extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting. It is drawn only from the reporting of the sources listed below — read the originals for full detail. How we summarize →

Advertisement

Every article behind this summary — 6 articles from 4 outlets

The Guardian WorldNovember 10, 2026, 5:05 PM UTC → The Guardian WorldNovember 10, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC → France 24November 10, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC → DW NewsNovember 10, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC → DW NewsNovember 9, 2026, 11:46 PM UTC → SemaforNovember 8, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC →

Related stories