Trump Sees "Strong Inclination" to End Russia-Ukraine War

US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday, 9 November, that Washington sees a growing readiness to end Russia's war in Ukraine. He spoke ahead of planned peace talks in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, where a three-way meeting between Ukraine, the United States and Russia is expected.

Trump said both sides have grown weary of the war. More than four and a half years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

On the American role, the president said: "We also see a very strong desire to put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. We are taking part in it because I want people to stop dying." The information comes from Ukraine's outlet European Pravda, citing CNBC.

Preparations for the talks

Rustem Umerov, who leads Ukraine's negotiating team and heads the country's foreign intelligence service, said on Monday that the Ukrainian delegation had set off for the venue of the planned meetings in Abu Dhabi.

It is also known that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, special envoys of the US president, will meet European representatives before the trilateral talks begin.

Davyd Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People faction in Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, does not believe this round of three-way talks will bring a "breakthrough".