Dnipro River

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a large agreement with Russia is imminent, though he gave no details. The trilateral meeting of Ukrainian, Russian and American delegations is scheduled for 10 and 11 Nov in Abu Dhabi, the first such talks since February. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned the proposed framework could be dangerous and said he has seen no sign Russia is ready to act. European leaders, including EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, stress that any deal must involve the EU. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will represent Washington, while Russia’s team is led by Vladimir Medinsky and includes Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

A temporary local ceasefire in the Kherson region town of Oleshky ended at 22:59 local time on Sunday, after hundreds of residents were evacuated. Two thirds of those who left headed to Ukrainian-controlled areas, travelling by bus to Anapa and then by air via Gomel in Belarus. The truce was brokered with involvement from former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump and Pope Leo. Ukrainian officials said around 1,700 people remained in the town, while the exact number of evacuees has not been confirmed by either side.

A US-brokered local ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine's Kherson region, has held for three days with no reported breaches, officials in Kyiv and Moscow say. The truce began on 27 Oct and is scheduled to run until 1 Nov. It is meant to let humanitarian aid reach roughly 2,000 remaining residents, who have faced food, water and medicine shortages for months, and to allow those wishing to leave to evacuate. Military units have cleared landmines during the pause, and aid is expected to arrive on Friday.