Putin agrees to join Ukraine peace talks in November

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the US and Ukraine after November 10, following a meeting with Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff. Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said the talks will focus on building a security system for both countries after the conflict ends. The three-hour meeting in St. Petersburg came after Witkoff met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo, where Finnish President Alexander Stubb said "genuine progress" was made. Zelenskyy said freezing the conflict is the "minimum" required to end the war. Russia also released a retired American teacher as a goodwill gesture, while Witkoff thanked Putin for lifting a diesel export ban.