Overview
- The Kremlin said no Russian representatives will attend Ukraine-related contacts in Turkey on Nov. 19, though it is open to discussing the outcomes with the United States and Ankara.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Spain and then Turkey to reinvigorate negotiations, seek new support, and push to restart prisoner exchanges.
- Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said U.S.–Russia contacts are active and anchored to the August Anchorage understandings, which he said were conveyed to Kyiv and were not acceptable to Ukraine.
- Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow hopes for a new Putin–Trump summit once thorough preparation creates the right conditions, after a previously planned Budapest meeting was canceled.
- Washington has increased pressure with sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil and is considering broader measures, while Russia continues to press demands reported to include Ukrainian neutrality and recognition of occupied territories.