A meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine, announced by US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, will be held at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on 4 November, ahead of talks involving Russia in Abu Dhabi.

Ukraine is using every opportunity for negotiations even in the absence of European representatives, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said amid preparations for the trilateral meeting between the US, Ukraine and Russia.

Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian ruler, has said that European representatives will not take part in trilateral technical talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia scheduled for next month.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that, following a conversation between European leaders and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, there are indications that Russia is serious about a meeting of the negotiating teams in Abu Dhabi.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said she is sceptical about the phone call that Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

On Tuesday 27 October, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at their own initiative.

The Telegraph, citing informed sources in diplomatic circles, has written that Russia may attempt to use a new round of peace talks regarding the Russia-Ukraine war to secure concessions from NATO.

British newspaper The Telegraph, citing diplomatic sources, has reported that Europe is screening potential negotiators to face off with Russia in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

A meeting between Russian ruler Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, during which they discussed peace in Ukraine, has ended.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff called Russian ruler Vladimir Putin a "humanitarian" during a meeting in St Petersburg on Wednesday to discuss a settlement to the war in Ukraine.

The European Commission expects the US delegation to brief it on the outcome of US special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, with one of the key issues being the possibility of Ukraine and Russia sitting down at the same negotiating table.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Ukraine's capitulation in the war with Russia is not an option, as it would mean the capitulation of all its allies.

Territorial issues, security and Ukraine's post-war prosperity were the main topics discussed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Steve Witkoff and European representatives during their talks in Oslo on 20 October.

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in St Petersburg, where he is due to hold talks with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and special envoy Jared Kushner, who joined the talks in Oslo remotely on 20 October, reiterated Trump's demand that Ukraine stop attacking Russian oil refineries, Axios reports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Oslo on Tuesday 20 October for talks with Norwegian officials. He will also hold negotiations with the US president's special envoys and European leaders on ending the war.

Kaja Kallas has said US negotiators have been trying to push Ukraine into surrender on Russian leader Vladimir Putin's terms for a year and a half, but Ukraine has not surrendered thanks to Europe's support.

European Pravda has learned that the European Union and NATO will send senior representatives to the Oslo talks, which will be attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoy Steve Witkoff.

Representatives of UK, France, Germany and Poland, alongside officials from the EU and NATO, will attend the talks in Oslo on Tuesday 20 October, held with the participation of special envoys of President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the leaders of Norway and Finland.

The US president's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, arrived in the Norwegian capital on 20 October, where he is due to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has confirmed that talks involving President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump's special envoys will take place in Oslo on 20 October.

Dmytro Lytvyn, communications adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has responded to a report in The Washington Post which claims Europe and the US are drawing up a peace plan for Ukraine and Russia that envisages territorial concessions. Lytvyn said the information presented in the article is merely the American team's perspective.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, envoys of the US president, have informed the Ukrainian delegation at negotiations in Miami on 9 October that the agreement permitting the export of Russian diesel fuel is part of an effort to bring Russia back to the negotiating table.

Ukrainian negotiators will discuss a new, comprehensive plan to revive stalled peace efforts during the next round of talks in the US on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.

Russia wants the US to ease sanctions in return for a commitment to halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

US President Donald Trump's Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have discussed the latest efforts to secure peace in Ukraine with Trump ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian negotiators and European representatives.

US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner may visit Moscow in late October.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced meetings between Ukrainian negotiators and the American side on Friday and Saturday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that ending the Russia-Ukraine war through diplomatic negotiations is currently "proving elusive".