On Nov 9 Russia presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the upcoming Abu Dhabi talks on Ukraine are a US‑mediated tripartite meeting and that European states already have channels to communicate with the US and Ukraine. On the same day European Commission President Von der Leyen told Ukrainian President Zelenskiy the EU will attend the Abu Dhabi talks with its partners. A US official said on Nov 2 (ET) the US will hold tripartite talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi on Nov 10‑11.