Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the US are set to begin Tuesday and run through Wednesday, but there's already a serious disagreement brewing involving representation at the negotiating table.
On Monday European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced in a post on X that the EU would have representatives at the talks, stating that "the EU will be present alongside our partners." Her full post is below...
Today, I begin a visit to the Black Sea region, where security threats are escalating, attacks are increasing, and innocent lives have been lost.
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) November 9, 2026
In Romania and Bulgaria, I will meet with leaders to discuss the situation on the ground and how Europe can strengthen its response.…
But this has resulted in a nyet - a swift objection - from Moscow within hours of von der Leyen's statement.
Russia has instead instisted that the trilateral talks exclude officials from the European Union. "As for the presence of Europeans, you know that the Americans have their own channels of communication with the Europeans, as do the Ukrainians," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, rejecting that EU officials will have spots at the negotiating table.
American and Ukrainian negotiators are "in all likelihood constructing their own coordination mechanism" with European representatives, Peskov asserted.
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