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Putin agrees to resume trilateral talks with Kyiv and Washington next month, Kremlin says

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First reported on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 09:38 EDT by The Philadelphia Inquirer·Latest article on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 17:20 EDT

Summary

President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday 21 October to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv on ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times. The talks are to resume next month, according to the Inquirer and PBS NewsHour, and Fortune reported that Putin agreed 'in principle' but still isn't 'fully satisfied' with proposals, Putin's foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov saying the talks will focus on 'building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends'. The Inquirer wrote that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that only a summit of leaders can break the impasse, the two armies remaining locked on the battlefield.

Latest: President Vladimir Putin agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv on ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times, the Inquirer and PBS NewsHour saying the talks are to resume next month, and Fortune that Putin agreed 'in principle' but still isn't 'fully satisfied' with proposals.

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How it unfolded

  1. Wednesday 21 October

    President Vladimir Putin agreed to resume trilateral negotiations with Washington and Kyiv on ending the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin official said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer, PBS NewsHour and the LA Times, the Inquirer and PBS NewsHour saying the talks are to resume next month, and Fortune that Putin agreed 'in principle' but still isn't 'fully satisfied' with proposals.