MoscowPutin’s aide says Washington cannot force Kyiv to comply.
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says Europe, which backs Ukraine, must join the talks.
Ushakov said hopes after the 2025 Anchorage summit that the US could dictate terms to Kyiv had not worked out.
Ushakov expects the first technical meeting in Abu Dhabi, due in the first half of November, to be only exploratory.
Traders on Polymarket put 88% on Trump, Putin and Xi meeting by 2027, as Ushakov says Shenzhen preparations have begun.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 80+ reports worldwide
- Washington Times leans favorable
- frames Ushakov's 'Anchorage' line as proof US leverage over Kyiv has failed, and pairs it with a Zarubin interview hosted by a Kremlin supporter
- Українська правда
- reports the Astra-sourced trilateral Putin-Trump-Xi preparations as a Kremlin claim, with Moscow ready to resume talks after 4 November
- The Jerusalem Post
- adds background on the EU and UK-Germany-France backing of Zelensky-Putin talks, framing Europe's role as a precondition
- Anadolu Ajansı
- places the trilateral summit in Shenzhen at APEC on 18-19 November and argues a Putin-Trump encounter would still be valuable without a formal bilateral
- The Moscow Times
Sources: Washington Times, Українська правда, The Jerusalem Post, Anadolu Ajansı, The Moscow Times