Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said President Vladimir Putin had agreed in principle to resume trilateral negotiations with Ukraine and the United States, potentially in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in mid-November, following talks with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kommersant reported on Oct. 21. Moscow nevertheless expressed dissatisfaction with the latest Ukrainian and European peace proposals, prepared following their talks in Oslo, Norway, on Oct. 20.