Putin says three-way Ukraine talks can resume after Nov 10. Will the Kremlin or White House announce a date by Nov 8?
57% of users predicted NO — the community missed this one. 7 predictions cast.
Russia, Ukraine and the United States set Nov. 10-11 in Abu Dhabi as the date for resumed trilateral peace negotiations, with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announcing the schedule on Nov. 3. The announcement followed an Oct. 21 meeting in St. Petersburg between Witkoff and Vladimir Putin, after which Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin had agreed "in principle" to restart three-way talks once Nov. 10 had passed. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov subsequently confirmed Russia's delegation would be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
The date was set amid continued shuttle diplomacy by Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who have spent months negotiating a framework for ending the war and establishing postwar security arrangements between Russia and Ukraine, with the United Arab Emirates serving as a neutral venue, as it did for earlier rounds of trilateral talks in January and February 2026.
The community leaned against this outcome, with only 43% predicting a date would be announced by Nov. 8. The date was in fact set days before the deadline, so the majority view did not match the actual outcome.