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Europe to join next round of Russia-Ukraine talks, US envoys say
US envoys say Russia and Ukraine agreed to include European representatives in their next round of talks.
The discussions concern the war in Ukraine and involve the United States, Russia, Ukraine and now European countries.
The agreement followed a meeting between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Earlier, officials from Russia, Ukraine and the United States held talks in Abu Dhabi, where they agreed on a large prisoner exchange and discussed their positions.
Major differences remain, especially over territory, and European leaders have yet to agree on who should represent them in negotiations.
European participation could give the continent a greater role in shaping discussions about ending the war.
The timing and details of the next round are still to be announced, and the talks are not expected to take place at the leaders' level.
US envoys said European representatives would join the next round of Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations.
Jared Kushner said the sides had agreed to expand the talks after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed European participation and said he hoped the agenda would include ceasefire and de-escalation steps.
Putin warned against European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine and maintained that major differences remained.
The reports differ on whether Moscow had confirmed Europe’s participation: Kushner and Witkoff described agreement, while Le Monde said Moscow had not formally confirmed it.
- Who
- US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff said European representatives would join the next negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
- What
- The next round of peace talks is to include European countries.
- When
- The announcement followed a meeting between Putin and the US envoys on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The Putin meeting took place at the Kremlin in Moscow; Kushner and Witkoff later met Zelenskyy in Dublin.
- Why
- Kushner said European participation would allow talks to address broader postwar European security arrangements alongside territorial issues.
European participation in negotiations
Russia and the US envoys Ukraine and European countries
Whether Europe should join the next round
European participation in negotiations
Kushner and Witkoff said European representatives would take part; Putin said Russia had not opposed dialogue with Europe.
Russia and the US envoys Ukraine and European countries
Zelenskyy welcomed participation, and European leaders had been seeking a role in the talks.
European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine
European participation in negotiations
Putin warned that sending peacekeepers would be a continuation of the war.
Russia and the US envoys Ukraine and European countries
Not stated in the sources.
Direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine took place in Abu Dhabi.
Kushner and Witkoff met Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Witkoff said a new round of trilateral talks had been agreed and European representatives would join.
The US envoys met Zelenskyy in Dublin, where he welcomed European participation and hoped for an agenda on ceasefires and de-escalation.
- US envoys
- Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff
- Russian president
- Vladimir Putin
- Ukrainian president
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Earlier talks
- Direct Russia-Ukraine talks took place in Abu Dhabi on November 10 and 11
- Next round
- European representatives are expected to join the negotiations
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US envoys say Europeans will be included in upcoming Ukraine peace talks
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What people are saying
This will allow us to address the broader postwar European security arrangements alongside the territorial issues between Ukraine and Russia.
We decided that we will work on an agenda about any kind of de-escalation, some kind of ceasefires.
We would very much like you, gentlemen, and the US administration as a whole, to work with your European allies so that they can finally make up their minds as to what they want: peace or war in Ukraine.
People didn’t think that we were going to restart trilateral. We’ve restarted it. We’ve set a new meeting.