{"id":1465595,"date":"2026-11-14T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/they-gave-us-exactly-what-putin-wanted-how-the-kremlin-can-use-the-talks-in-abu-dhabi-to-its-advantage\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:56:18","slug":"they-gave-us-exactly-what-putin-wanted-how-the-kremlin-can-use-the-talks-in-abu-dhabi-to-its-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/they-gave-us-exactly-what-putin-wanted-how-the-kremlin-can-use-the-talks-in-abu-dhabi-to-its-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThey gave us exactly what Putin wanted\u201d: how the Kremlin can use the talks in Abu Dhabi to its advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi to end the war in Ukraine could play to the Kremlin’s advantage, as the sides are discussing all issues simultaneously, without a clear sequence of steps. This approach could allow Vladimir Putin to stall while the Russian military continues its hostilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported byPolitico<\/a> .<\/p>\n

According to international affairs columnist Jamie Dettmer, the American delegation effectively agreed to Moscow’s long-standing demand to consider all issues within a single negotiation process. After the meetings, Jared Kushner explained that the parties agreed to discuss all disputes together and then find a way to resolve them simultaneously.<\/p>\n

The author notes that this approach differs from traditional diplomatic practice, which involves successive agreements. In particular, negotiations may begin with a ceasefire, after which the parties move on to more complex issues.<\/p>\n

Former representative of the US National Intelligence Council under Barack Obama, Eugene Rumer, believes that discussing all issues simultaneously allows you to divert attention from the main problem – Russia’s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian MP Mykola Knyazhytsky also criticized the tactic. \u201cPutin is simply stalling for time, trying to destroy or capture Ukraine or win this war of attrition, expecting that aid in Europe will stop and Europe itself will split,\u201d he told POLITICO.<\/p>\n

Dettmer recalled the negotiations between Russia and the United States on Syria in 2014-2017. According to him, the diplomatic process involving Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry helped Moscow save the Bashar Assad regime from defeat.<\/p>\n

Another example of stalling negotiations was the activities of Vladimir Medinsky, who led the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine in Istanbul in 2025 and later represented Russia in Abu Dhabi. During previous meetings, he mentioned the Great Northern War of 1700-1721, hinting at Moscow’s willingness to fight as long as necessary to achieve its goals.<\/p>\n

Former US ambassador to NATO and special representative for Ukraine negotiations Kurt Volker also doubts Putin’s readiness for a genuine peaceful settlement. “Putin wants empire, Ukrainians want freedom. The rest is details,” he stressed.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Dettmer emphasizes that Washington and Moscow cannot independently determine Ukraine’s future. Kyiv must participate in the negotiation process, and European leaders have already spoken out against attempts by the United States and Russia to independently change the continent’s security architecture.<\/p>\n

According to the author, the Kremlin’s main demands remain unchanged. Russia insists on Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO, the state’s neutrality, limitations on the size of the Ukrainian army and weapons stocks. In addition, Moscow demands international recognition of Crimea and 4 eastern regions of Ukraine as part of Russia.<\/p>\n

By the way, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that during the negotiations, the American side asked Ukraine whether it was ready to withdraw troops from the controlled part of Donbas in exchange for NATO membership<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Recall that during the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the Russians presented a document in which, among other things, they demanded that NATO withdraw its troops and bases to the 1997 borders<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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The US-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi to end the war in Ukraine could play to the Kremlin’s advantage, as the sides are discussing all issues simultaneously, without a clear sequence of steps. This approach could allow Vladimir Putin to stall while the Russian military continues its hostilities. This is reported byPolitico . According to international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1463751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1465595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1463751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}