Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees, “in principle,” to resume trilateral talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine with the United States and Kyiv next month, the Kremlin says. The announcement follows Putin’s meeting in St Petersburg with US special envoy Steve Witkoff. Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov says the “three-way” negotiations would resume after Nov. 10 and would address how to build a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends.

Several outlets report that previous rounds of such talks took place earlier in the year, including meetings in Abu Dhabi and further discussions in Geneva, but that there have been gaps since February. BBC News and others stress the timing and the fact that the announcement comes after Putin’s meeting with Witkoff. Some coverage, such as Korea Times, adds broader context about the stalled diplomacy amid ongoing battlefield and long-range strike activity, while India Today frames the development with the prospect that the war could end “soon.”