The talks scheduled for Nov 10 to 11 had been framed as a trilateral format at the level of officials, not leaders, from Ukraine, Russia and the United States.

Jean-Noël Barrot said “Europeans will be well represented” in the U.S.-brokered talks, but did not say who would make the trip to Abu Dhabi.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is seeking to "plunge the entire country into a blackout" by pounding more than a dozen Ukrainian regions with drones and missiles ahead of US-mediated talks with Moscow next week.