According to Ukraine's Interfax news agency, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andrii Melnik said on the 9th that Ukraine is looking forward to the results of the Russian-US-Ukraine tripartite talks, but major decisions still require face-to-face meetings between Ukrainian and Russian leaders. Ukrainian President Zelensky is willing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin anywhere other than Moscow. Melnik said at a UN Security Council meeting on the same day that without leader-level talks, it is almost impossible for Russia and Ukraine to achieve a political breakthrough. Zelensky is willing to meet with Putin, “whether in Florida in December, during the G20 summit... or even in Antarctica, anywhere other than Moscow.” Melnik said that currently Russia is stepping up its attacks on Ukraine and continuing to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure. He called on allies to provide air defense aid as soon as possible, especially the “Patriots” interceptor bombs. US President's special envoy Witkov said in a social media post on the 2nd that the US side will mediate working-level negotiations between Ukraine and Russia from the 10th to 11th in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to push for an end to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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