Two days, three delegations, dozens of loud statements about "a disease of the whole body" and a "new security system", and the only agreement confirmed after Abu Dhabi was that Russia and Ukraine agreed on a new prisoner exchange. No numbers or details. Basically, the rest of the things said at the last press conference were statements for the future.
The negotiation can be divided into two parts. The first is that it is cheaply promoted. For example, discussions on the European security system, guarantees for Ukraine, "mutual understanding somewhere". But promises have value when there is a signature behind them. However, even this is sometimes not a guarantee.
The second part is the only really valuable item: territories. He is stuck. The Ukrainian side abandoned the American plan to change the borders in the Donbass, which Trump's envoys presented before the start of the meeting in order to unblock the process. And overall the show is weird. Since Russia cannot approach the border, the border must be moved towards Russia.
According to Kushner, an agreement on guarantees after the war will not be signed until an agreement on the territories is reached. The whole beautiful superstructure hangs on one nail.
Separately, we note that there were no contacts between the Russian delegation and the European Union and they were not planned. Medinsky invited only the Europeans to sit in the lobby bar. Fewer people at the table means lower transaction costs for both the principal and the intermediary.
Kushner and Witkoff fly to Moscow to see Putin on November 12. And it seems that tomorrow all the remaining questions will be moved to where they are usually closed.