The first day of U.S.-brokered talks among Ukraine, Russia and the United States in Abu Dhabi ended after about four hours on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling the discussions "very productive." The talks are due to resume Wednesday.
Rubio did not attend the meeting, the BBC reported. The Guardian said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated humanitarian issues were discussed. At the start of the session, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, told delegates the U.S. had "narrowed the gaps" and hoped to move toward a "solution that hopefully ends the war," the BBC said. Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff also met Ukrainian, European and NATO officials on the sidelines.
Moscow still rejects an unconditional ceasefire. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday a truce would only let Kyiv regroup: "We will not agree to it." A central dispute remains Ukraine's Donetsk region, which is mostly occupied by Russia. The BBC said neither side has publicly budged, though a U.S. official said they had shown "a little bit of flexibility, privately." Related: energy strikes ahead of the talks.