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Russia Agrees to Resume Trilateral Ukraine Peace Talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled Moscow is willing in principle to resume trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States after mid-November, following a meeting in St. Petersburg with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff. The Kremlin said talks could resume from mid-November, while US adviser Yuri Ushakov said after Nov. 10. Witkoff also met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Norway.

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Moscow is ready to resume trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks next month, the Kremlin said Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Russia. FRANCE 24's correspondent Gulliver Cragg has more.

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Russia has agreed in principle to resume trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia talks after 10 November, following US envoy Steve Witkoff's meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg; Zelenskyy has proposed freezing the front line as a first step toward peace negotiations.

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Russia agreed in principle to resume trilateral US-Ukraine-Russia peace talks after 10 November, following envoy Steve Witkoff's meetings with Zelenskyy and Putin.

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