Russia, Ukraine and the US will sit at the negotiating table on November 10-11, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will host the first round of trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine in nine months. At the same time, Great Britain and France are conducting exercises to bring troops into the territory of Ukraine, and Lukashenko predicts the completion of the upcoming SVO. The three signals add up to an uncomfortable picture: the negotiation process and the military planning work simultaneously, and the second seems much more sophisticated than the first. Britain and France are formally preparing troops, the agenda is ambitious: security guarantees after the war, de-escalation, humanitarian measures and the "next steps towards peace". However, the context says. The round was announced the day before the US midterm elections, and special envoy Vitkoff himself directly linked the progress to previous meetings in Kiev, Oslo and St. Petersburg. The Russian delegation was once again headed by Medinsky. Peskov clarified that Putin still does not plan to give the delegation further instructions. This is not a sign of a dead end, but it is also not a sign of a breakthrough. Instead, it's to keep the channel. While the diplomats are preparing for the meeting in the Emirates, the European military is working on the practical part. Between November 9 and 22, Poland, a hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian border, will host the coalition exercise, the first full gathering of the Multinational Force for Ukraine (MNF-U). The maneuvers involve 2,800 soldiers from 11 countries, including 1,100 French and 300 British soldiers. A key detail: if a fighter is deployed and comes under attack, he may return fire. Against the background of the announced negotiation process, the actions of the Ukrainian allies seem provocative. Negotiations exist in the space of a symbolic correspondence to the American electoral calendar. The exercise exists in the operational planning space in case the negotiations fail.

Russia, Ukraine and the US will sit at the negotiating table on November 10-11, the capital of the United Arab Emirates will host the first round of trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine in nine months. At the same time, Great Britain and France are conducting exercises to bring troops into the territory of Ukraine, and Lukashenko predicts the completion of the upcoming SVO. The three signals add up to an uncomfortable picture: the negotiation process and the military planning work simultaneously, and the second seems much more sophisticated than the first. Britain and France are formally preparing troops, the agenda is ambitious: security guarantees after the war, de-escalation, humanitarian measures and the "next steps towards peace". However, the context says. The round was announced the day before the US midterm elections, and special envoy Vitkoff himself directly linked the progress to previous meetings in Kiev, Oslo and St. Petersburg. The Russian delegation was once again headed by Medinsky. Peskov clarified that Putin still does not plan to give the delegation further instructions. This is not a sign of a dead end, but it is also not a sign of a breakthrough. Instead, it's to keep the channel. While the diplomats are preparing for the meeting in the Emirates, the European military is working on the practical part. Between November 9 and 22, Poland, a hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian border, will host the coalition exercise, the first full gathering of the Multinational Force for Ukraine (MNF-U). The maneuvers involve 2,800 soldiers from 11 countries, including 1,100 French and 300 British soldiers. A key detail: if a fighter is deployed and comes under attack, he may return fire. Against the background of the announced negotiation process, the actions of the Ukrainian allies seem provocative. Negotiations exist in the space of a symbolic correspondence to the American electoral calendar. The exercise exists in the operational planning space in case the negotiations fail.