ABU DHABI — Day 1 of the U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi ended on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, after nearly four hours of negotiations, with a second round confirmed for Wednesday, November 11. This is a follow-up to the talks' opening, reported earlier today — here is what Day 1 produced.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Day 1 "constructive and quite substantive" but "hard to deal with the Russians." U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking in Paris at the G7, called the talks "very productive," while cautioning that "a lot of work" remains.
The agenda covered prisoners of war, including a possible large-scale exchange, security guarantees — including for Russia — and postwar reconstruction and a new European security architecture. Russia insisted on confidentiality, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Meanwhile, Russia pounded Ukraine's power grid overnight, striking 10 regions and hitting five major electrical substations — in Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and Kirovohrad, named by Prime Minister Denys Koretskyi — causing widespread outages and killing two people. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia will not agree to an immediate ceasefire without knowing what comes next.
Sources: AP via Ocean State Media, November 10, 2026 (updated 11:48 AM EST); Meduza, November 10, 2026; Reuters, November 10, 2026.
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