00:00Russia, Ukraine and the United States plan to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November,
00:07according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
00:09Peskov says all three countries will take part in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, now in its
00:16fifth year.
00:17Talks had stalled since the beginning of the year, but Russia signalled its readiness to resume
00:22after President Vladimir Putin met U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
00:27They met in St. Petersburg on Wednesday after Witkoff held discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
00:34and European leaders in Oslo on Tuesday.
00:37Putin had said the talks should address security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine,
00:41as well as broader European security arrangements.
00:44He reaffirmed that Russia never wanted war,
00:47but said Ukraine had responded with hostility to issues Moscow considered important.
00:57He reaffirmed that Russia will develop the situation in the next few days.
