Trump said "we will see how it works out" when asked about Zelenskiy's claim that fresh Russian strikes

Russia has agreed to resume trilateral peace talks with Ukraine while strikes continue, with technical talks possibly held in Abu Dhabi in mid-November.

Trump said "we will see how it works out" when asked about Zelenskiy's claim that fresh Russian strikes overnight prove Putin does not want peace. Trump added that this has been happening a lot.

Asked how the Iran war had affected the midterm races, Trump said that in one way they love it and in another way maybe they don't. He said there is a price to pay.

Russia has agreed to resume trilateral peace talks with Ukraine, even as strikes continue. Russia, Ukraine and the US have agreed to technical-level talks, which could be held in Abu Dhabi in mid-November. Zelenskiy supports a US proposal for trilateral talks at the level of negotiators. Russia claimed attacks on 2 cargo ships in the Black Sea. US envoy Steve Witkoff has secured the release of US detainee Stephen Hubbard.

Moscow's demand for the rest of Donbas has not changed. Putin has framed eastern Ukraine as "historically Russian land", a precondition that has survived every diesel deal and hostage release floated this month. Trump's reply to Zelenskiy is the vaguest the administration has been all month and falls well short of the scheduling detail given for the Abu Dhabi trilateral and technical talks. Process statements and continued strikes have run side by side, with neither changing the other. Trump's own remark that this has been happening a lot describes that pattern.