Ukraine's foreign minister said on the 10th in Abu Dhabi that Kyiv raised core demands at a US‑Russia‑Ukraine trilateral meeting: de‑escalation, a ceasefire, security guarantees and a meeting between President Zelenskiy and President Putin, and that a direct leaders' meeting could accelerate an end to the conflict. Kyiv submitted sectoral ceasefire proposals for the Black Sea and energy sectors and is awaiting a Russian response. The Abu Dhabi talks on the 10th are the first face‑to‑face trilate

The New York Times reports a confidential KPMG report shows the U.S. government received and spent more than $12 bln from Venezuelan natural-resource exports in the first nine months of this year. The report, dated days before the U.S. midterm elections, says between Jan. 3 — the date it cites as the start of U.S. military intervention — and Sept. 30 the U.S. Treasury’s Venezuela custodial account received $12.26 bln in deposits. Most funds were reallocated shortly after receipt; the account held about $170 mln at Sept. 30 and earned roughly $12 mln in interest. The bulk of funds returned to Venezuela were sold into the market via FX auctions run by Venezuelan commercial banks; the report does not identify the ultimate beneficiaries of those proceeds.

On the evening of the 10th local time Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said one of its vessels was attacked and damaged that afternoon in UAE territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.