U.S.-mediated talks on ending Russia-Ukraine war begin in Abu Dhabi

The two-day session in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, is the first such meeting since February. It will focus on security guarantees, the White House said before the discussions.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8442x5628+0+0/resize/8442x5628!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F1d%2F0ae01b0e48da8c5012df7b1388ab%2Fap26311681290035.jpg' alt='Crosses bearing the names of Viktor Fomenko, Natalia Karapetian and Andrii Anikin, killed in a Russian airstrike that destroyed an underground school in Komyshuvakha, lie in a cemetery in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026.'/><p>The two-day session in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi, is the first such meeting since February. It will focus on security guarantees, the White House said before the discussions.</p><p>(Image credit: Evgeniy Maloletka)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-152773' />