EU Leaders Agree on Team to Represent Europe in Ukraine Talks as U.S. Envoys Meet Putin
Photo: The New York TimesEuropean Union leaders meeting in Dublin on Friday agreed to send a team to the next round of Ukraine peace talks, drawing on Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Italy plus the European Council and European Commission. The decision gives Europe a seat in U.S.-led negotiations to end the nearly five-year war, after months on the sidelines.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately this past week. The first U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks since February ended Wednesday with plans for a prisoner exchange and more talks, but no sign of a wider deal. Kushner said Saturday that Washington is now working to facilitate direct engagement between Moscow and European partners, and that several new ideas are being explored. Zelenskyy said the U.S. raised a new security framework for Europe and warned Moscow could use it to weaken NATO and reshape borders, saying “This should not be the main agenda.” Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “We decide on who represents us, and that is what we have done today.” European Council President António Costa noted that America itself has two envoys.
Among left-leaning outlets, CBS News leads with Kushner's Saturday statement and the U.S. role as intermediary, then gives Zelenskyy's warning about a European security framework. The New York Times centers Europe's choice, describing leaders who waited on the margins and now must pick a delegation. It also reports Kushner's jibe that naming one European spokesperson would be a bigger achievement than winning inclusion, and the risk that fragmentation diminishes influence, set against von der Leyen's and Costa's replies. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and independent outlets had. The AP's account matches the Times in focus: a diplomat team and fear of being shut out. Both sides agree on the team and on the diplomacy's uncertain results.
How the sides differ Left sources split between U.S. envoy Kushner's push for Russia-Europe engagement and Europe's multi-nation team; right sources have not covered it; alternative source stresses Europe avoiding exclusion.
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- The New York TimesPaywallEurope Agrees on a Team to Represent It in Talks With Russia
CBS News leads with Kushner's statement on Russia-Europe engagement and Zelenskyy's caution about a new security framework. The New York Times focuses on Europe's multi-nation team, Kushner's jibe and European leaders' replies.
AP reports Europe will send a team of EU and national diplomats to the next round of talks, framing the summit as an effort to avoid being shut out of U.S.-led negotiations.
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