Europe to join U.S.-brokered Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, defying Kremlin objections

France says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8144x5424+0+0/resize/8144x5424!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffa%2Fa1%2F91147a0b4187a331f76a4c33d532%2Fap26311445819542.jpg' alt='A view through the destroyed walls of a kindergarten shows a large bomb crater and a damaged residential apartment building following a missile attack in Kyiv, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026.'/><p>France says European officials will attend this week's U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, the first three-way round of negotiations since February.</p><p>(Image credit: Dan Bashakov)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-6034014' />