Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says Russia, U.S. and Ukraine agreed to resume trilateral talks, with no European role yet agreed

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Friday that Russia, the United States and Ukraine had agreed to resume trilateral negotiations and that no agreement had been reached to include Britain, Germany or France in the talks.

Ushakov was responding to reports that Washington was considering bringing the three European powers into future negotiations over ending the war in Ukraine.

“No, we agreed to resume trilateral negotiations,” Ushakov said when asked whether there had been any concrete discussion of European participation.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov separately said the possible involvement of European countries had not been discussed with Moscow and dismissed reports suggesting otherwise.

The comments came as the next round of U.S.-mediated talks remains uncertain. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States agreed to meet at a technical level in the first half of November, potentially in Abu Dhabi.

Ushakov said earlier this week that the timing could depend on developments in the Middle East, battlefield conditions and the broader political situation.

His latest remarks do not rule out European involvement at a later stage. Just days earlier, Ushakov said Europe should eventually be part of discussions because of its extensive political and military support for Kyiv.

For now, however, Moscow says the only agreed format is the three-way Russia-U.S.-Ukraine track.