Media: A Heated Exchange Broke Out Between The Americans And The Russians During Talks In Abu Dhabi

• 12.11.2026, 16:58

Kremlin officials were offended by the U.S. proposal.

The U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi began with a scandal. On the very first day, according to sources “Versta”, a heated exchange broke out between the Americans and the Russians. The trigger was a proposal by the American mediators to change the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of a territorial deal. In Moscow, this idea was taken as an insult.

The Russian delegation, according to a source in the presidential administration close to Vladimir Medinsky, flew to Abu Dhabi specifically to make it clear that Moscow would not accept such a proposal. News of the proposal had already surfaced before the negotiations began, so the conflict was, in essence, inevitable.

The matter did not end with a mere exchange of words. Moscow is not interested in either a ceasefire in the Black Sea or halting attacks on energy infrastructure.

American negotiators proposed the idea of changing the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to Russia and Ukraine, as previously reported by The Economist, citing its sources. Ukrainian sources noted that Kyiv is also unlikely to agree to this proposal.

It should be noted that the well-known Ukrainian journalist Serhiy Berezhny, in an interview with the website Charter97.org, stated that the U.S. had made a proposal that was humiliating for Russia.