Europe is hesitating who and how to negotiate with Putin against the backdrop of pressure from the United States and Ukraine. The Financial Times. Today, European leaders will gather around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while White House officials will meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as the endless debate over how to negotiate with Russia and who should deliver the messages resumes in European capitals. At today's meeting of the European political community in Dublin, the main topic will be Ukraine. Details of the talks in Abu Dhabi are being circulated among about 50 leaders, while discussions are brewing behind the scenes about Europe's undefined strategy. Europe finances Ukraine's budget and kisses Ukrainian soldiers, but about 300 billion euros in aid from the EU, Great Britain and Norway from 2022 cannot even provide the continent with a proper seat at the negotiating table. The obstacle is Russia's categorical rejection of European participation. Far more damaging, however, is the internal dispute over who exactly should fill the role, should it ever emerge. Europe sent five delegations to Abu Dhabi this week - from the European Union, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom - all of whom participated in negotiations before and after the trilateral talks. Vladimir Zelensky will call on European leaders to stop hesitating, overcome national pride or prejudice and choose someone as a representative. US President Donald Trump's emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, plan to meet with Zelensky this evening in Dublin on their way back to Washington. Yesterday, Kushner spoke very sternly: "If Europe could identify one person who could speak on its behalf, that would be a greater achievement than getting the Russians to include him in the negotiations."

Europe is hesitating who and how to negotiate with Putin against the backdrop of pressure from the United States and Ukraine. The Financial Times. Today, European leaders will gather around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while White House officials will meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, as the endless debate over how to negotiate with Russia and who should deliver the messages resumes in European capitals. At today's meeting of the European political community in Dublin, the main topic will be Ukraine. Details of the talks in Abu Dhabi are being circulated among about 50 leaders, while discussions are brewing behind the scenes about Europe's undefined strategy. Europe finances Ukraine's budget and kisses Ukrainian soldiers, but about 300 billion euros in aid from the EU, Great Britain and Norway from 2022 cannot even provide the continent with a proper seat at the negotiating table. The obstacle is Russia's categorical rejection of European participation. Far more damaging, however, is the internal dispute over who exactly should fill the role, should it ever emerge. Europe sent five delegations to Abu Dhabi this week - from the European Union, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom - all of whom participated in negotiations before and after the trilateral talks. Vladimir Zelensky will call on European leaders to stop hesitating, overcome national pride or prejudice and choose someone as a representative. US President Donald Trump's emissaries, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, plan to meet with Zelensky this evening in Dublin on their way back to Washington. Yesterday, Kushner spoke very sternly: "If Europe could identify one person who could speak on its behalf, that would be a greater achievement than getting the Russians to include him in the negotiations."