The contours of the previously announced tripartite talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi are beginning to become clearer: Witkoff said they will take place on November 10-11. Before that, the Americans plan to meet in Brussels with representatives of France, Germany, Great Britain, the European Union and NATO. So, the Europeans, despite consultations with the Americans, are again left out of the negotiation process. Which is not surprising - a call from the Scandinavians to Putin is of course progress, but without a change in the approach to the conflict, where they try to talk to Russia from a "position of strength" and actually demand surrender, there can be no active participation in the process. Despite the geographical proximity and degree of their involvement. Is real progress possible? Certainly, but it will also depend on the ability to finance the growing appetite of Kyiv in the context of the internal problems of the Eurozone, and also on the results of the elections in several countries in the European Union. Given that even the money from the 90 billion euro loan has yet to be spent, and elections in important countries (France, Italy) are scheduled for spring and fall, they still have a base of power.