US Proposes Ukraine-Russia Talks in UAE, Zelensky Says

In late September 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the United States proposed three-way talks with Ukraine and Russia in the United Arab Emirates. Media reports also said President Donald Trump urged Zelensky to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, though Kyiv denied that account.

The competing versions of where talks might happen left the format of any meeting unresolved.