US pushes for Ukraine-Russia trilateral talks in UAE as drone strikes cause new casualties
The United States has suggested a three-way summit with Ukraine and Russia in the United Arab Emirates, while recent Russian drone attacks have killed a youth in Kyiv and a civilian in Belgorod.
U.S. officials have put forward the idea of a three-party summit involving Ukraine and Russia in the United Arab Emirates, a concept the Kremlin acknowledges could materialise but has not yet fleshed out. Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitrijew recently held talks in the United States with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, concentrating on economic matters. In parallel, President Zelensky met with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, after which Ukrainian and American negotiators discussed the meeting’s specifics and pledged to return with either a new perspective or a result within ten days.
Recent Russian drone operations have caused civilian casualties, including the death of a youth in Kyiv and a civilian in Belgorod, alongside several injuries in other regions. The developments highlight both diplomatic maneuvering and ongoing security threats on the ground.
Why it matters
The proposed summit could shape the war's diplomatic trajectory while recent attacks underscore the conflict's continuing human cost.
How this story developed
- Sep 12 Russia conducts tightly-controlled parliamentary vote amid fifth year of Ukraine war
- Sep 16 Voting has begun, moving the election from planning to execution.
- Sep 19 Putin framed the election as a plebiscite on the war and called on citizens to turn out in support.
- Sep 19 State pollster VTsIOM said Putin’s trust rating hit 74.2% in the week before the election.
- Sep 21 Election commission chair Ella Pamfilova said preliminary results will be announced Monday at 11 hours (10 hours in Paris).
- Sep 21 Partial results show United Russia holding at least 338 of the 450 Duma seats.
- Sep 21 Preliminary results show United Russia winning 355 of the 450 State Duma seats, surpassing its previous 2016 high. The foreign ministries of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway issued a joint statement condemning elections held in Crimea and the four Ukrainian regions seized by Russia as violations of Ukraine's sovereignty. They demanded accountability for those organizing the vote and urged Russia to end its war and accept an unconditional ceasefire. The same period saw France support the removal of oligarch Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list, a move backed by Slovakia and linked to broader negotiations over detained French nationals in Azerbaijan.
- Sep 21 The Quai d’Orsay condemns holding the vote in the occupied territories of Crimea and the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, calling it a violation of international law and the UN Charter and stating Fran
- Sep 21 Western allies issued a joint declaration condemning the election as a breach of Ukraine’s sovereignty.
- Sep 23 Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will invite President Vladimir Putin to the December G20 summit in Miami, while President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russia to accept a maritime cease-fire proposal for the Black Sea.
- Sep 23 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the invitation to Putin for the December G20 summit in Miami.
- Sep 24 Reports allege that corporate managers pressured staff to vote for United Russia, suggesting coercion in the electoral process.
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