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Ukraine has asked Western allies to finance an 800,000-strong army for at least ten years after the war with Russia ends, to deter another Russian invasion. The request was raised at trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi on November 10, 2026, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP. It contrasts with Moscow's longstanding demands to sharply reduce Ukraine's military, including a 2022 Istanbul proposal to cap forces at 85,000 personnel, while Kyiv then proposed 250,000. Zelensky said in October 2026 that Ukraine wanted to keep an 800,000-troop army if funding was secured and that the army's size was not something he would negotiate with Moscow. The talks, the first trilateral round in nearly nine months, also address NATO-style security guarantees modelled on Articles 4 and 5 of the NATO treaty, according to Bloomberg sources cited by Kyiv Post, and Europe's future security architecture. Zelensky called the first day constructive and substantive, and identified prisoner releases as a priority. Jared Kushner said Washington hoped to narrow the gap between the sides, though neither side disclosed concrete progress. Kyiv Post reported that it remains unclear whether Moscow will accept the proposal, and the Russian delegation, led by Vladimir Medinsky, has said ending the war is just one item on the agenda.