Europe does not have a seat at the negotiating table: the message could not be clearer from Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg. This week, the US president opened discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – with no Ukrainians present – at a high-level meeting in Riyadh and then seemingly blamed Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250221-trump-begins-talks-with-russia-without-ukraine-or-eu-europe-scrambles-for-a-plan