According to BBC reporter Rosenberg's analysis, immediate hopes for peace in Ukraine are dim after US envoy Steve Witkoff engaged in diplomatic contact with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin. Russian President Putin currently feels no pressure to end the war, believing that Ukraine's air defense systems are strained, the approaching winter is an opportune time for Russia, and that a Donald Trump administration would seek closer ties with Moscow.

The article notes that Trump recently suspended some sanctions against Moscow, agreed to purchase Russian diesel, and criticized Zelenskyy. Russia dismissed "new approaches from Europe and Kyiv" during the Oslo talks as "useless." The Kremlin stated that technical-level trilateral talks might resume next month in Abu Dhabi. Additionally, Putin, Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping may hold a meeting next month during the APEC summit in China.