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Envoy US Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and other European representatives in Oslo on 20 October, before travelling to St Petersburg to meet Vladimir Putin on 21 October. The roughly three-hour meeting centred on the war in Ukraine; Putin said Russia was ready in principle to resume trilateral talks in the second half of November and announced the release of American Stephen Hubbard. Witkoff said Oslo's talks were productive and that there were grounds for a ceasefire.
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- Oslo talks on 20 October involved Zelensky, Witkoff, Stubb, Støre and Jared Kushner, who joined online.
- Territories, security and post-war reconstruction were the main topics in Oslo.
- Zelensky said Ukraine could accept a deal freezing the front along current lines while keeping at least 75% of its territory.
- Witkoff met Putin on 21 October at the Konstantinovsky Palace for about three hours.
- Putin said Russia was ready in principle to resume trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine talks around 10 November.
- Russia proposed focusing a new round on a post-war security system for Russia and Ukraine.
- Putin announced the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who the US State Department had recognized as unlawfully detained.
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The meeting marked the first high-level US-Russia face-to-face contact on Ukraine after months of suspended trilateral talks and opened a possible route back to negotiations, potentially in Abu Dhabi around 10 November. However, Moscow framed its participation as technical and focused on a post-war security system, while the US presented Witkoff's proposal as a joint Ukrainian-Western position. Zelensky's willingness to accept a freeze along current lines, together with possible NATO Article 5-style guarantees, set out Kyiv's stated conditions for a settlement. The Hubbard release also provided a concrete diplomatic outcome.
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On 20 October, Witkoff met Zelensky, Støre, Stubb and European representatives in Oslo, with Kushner participating online. The discussions covered territories, security guarantees, post-war reconstruction, sanctions, energy, the economy and the European security order after the war. European and American participants described progress and working-level agreement on possible next steps. Witkoff then travelled to St Petersburg, where he was met by Kirill Dmitriev and met Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace for about three hours. Witkoff presented documents and conveyed Ukraine's and Europe's new approaches. Putin said Russia was ready in principle to resume trilateral talks in the second half of November, while Ushakov described the main proposed topic as building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict. Putin also announced Hubbard's release and discussed possible economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.
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Ukraine presented the Oslo proposals as part of a coordinated Ukrainian-Western position. Zelensky said Ukraine was ready to freeze hostilities along the current front line, while seeking strong, reliable security guarantees, including options resembling NATO's Article 5. Kyiv also stressed that any negotiations about Ukraine's future must include Ukraine. Ukrainian officials and commentators nevertheless remained skeptical about a breakthrough, citing doubts over Moscow's willingness to make concessions. Zelensky's position contrasted with Trump's public statements questioning Ukraine's commitment to end the war and suggesting a different negotiator.
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European Commission and European participants presented the Oslo meeting as part of a broader US-Ukraine-European effort and sought a seat at any future negotiating table involving Russia and Ukraine. The EU stressed that Europe must be represented in discussions on the war and Ukraine's future. The United States hoped that a new proposal would create a path to direct trilateral and broader multilateral negotiations, while Washington's actions—including the Russian diesel deal, lifting some sanctions and reported restrictions on intelligence sharing and Starlink—prompted concern in Kyiv and among analysts.
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Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Previous direct Russia-US-Ukraine talks were held in Geneva and Abu Dhabi before being suspended in February of the reported year. Ahead of the Oslo and St Petersburg meetings, Trump questioned Zelensky's commitment to ending the war, proposed a Trump-Putin-Xi meeting focused on nuclear issues, and announced a deal facilitating Russian diesel exports. The Institute for the Study of War assessed that Russia was seeking Ukraine's capitulation rather than making concessions, and said Putin's 9 October call with Trump unfairly blamed Ukraine for the lack of progress.