MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The Russian delegation has departed for Abu Dhabi, where negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine will be held, a source told TASS.

"The Russian delegation has left for Abu Dhabi," the source said.

The settlement negotiations are scheduled for November 10-11. The Russian delegation is headed by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the head of state, and the Ukrainian delegation by Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the negotiations will focus on security guarantees. He also noted that it would be impossible for representatives of Europe to participate, as the agreement was that talks would be in a trilateral format.