EU leaders tussle over whom to send to Ukraine, Russia peace talks

A seat at the table for Europe now appears likely following comments by a US envoy who just held talks with Putin. But who will take that seat remains unclear. European leaders are under pressure to put forward a name to represent them in Ukraine peace talks after US envoy Steve Witkoff told reporters that the Europeans will be present at the next meetings.

Zelenskyy and Kushner also said Thursday that Europeans would be at the table for the next talks with Russia on ending the war. Kallas is one of the figures tipped as most likely to represent the EU in any future talks to end Russia's war against Ukraine , alongside EU Council President Antonio Costa. As yet, the EU hasn’t been able to land on one central figure to send ― many of the national leaders want to be present themselves.

"At the table must be sitting Ukraine, must be sitting the Europeans, must be sitting the Americans, and naturally Russia," he told reporters in Dublin. "Not directly yet, and not yet when the Russians are at the table," he told the other leaders during the Dublin meetings.