Ukraine, Russia set for new round of US-mediated talks

Ukraine and Russia have signaled their readiness to resume trilateral talks under US mediation. "We're preparing. For October," said Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian president's office. Similar signals came from Moscow: "We do not rule out such a possibility. We are talking about the foreseeable future," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner aimed to revive trilateral talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine , visiting Moscow and Kyiv in the first week of September. The last round of trilateral talks took place in January and February 2026 in Abu Dhabi and Geneva , without producing a breakthrough, as the issue of territory control in eastern Ukraine remained unresolved.