The United States takes a position in favor of Russia ahead of tripartite negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi. This was reported by the Washington Post (WP). The publication believes that raising the issue of security as an agenda item for the meeting could be interpreted as a change in position in favor of Russia, as the United States is desperately looking for opportunities to end the conflict in Ukraine. For this reason, the fear that Washington will try to persuade Kiev to agree to an agreement on Moscow's terms has increased following the statement of the President of the United States Trump that he believes that Ukraine will "look a little different" after the war. The political scientist explained Europe's desire to participate in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. Russia-US format negotiations in Ukraine are scheduled for November 10-11. From Russia, the assistant to the Russian President Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergey Ryabkov and Mikhail Glozin, as well as representatives of the two departments of the General Staff Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigerlovsky will participate in them.