Europe will not be part of Ukraine peace talks, US envoy says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

February 15, 2025 1:41 PM EST Updated an hour ago


MUNICH, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Europe won't have a seat at the table for Ukraine peace talks, Donald Trump's lead Ukraine envoy said on Saturday, after Washington sent a questionnaire to European capitals to ask what they could contribute to security guarantees for Kyiv.

Trump shocked European allies this week by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin without consulting them or Kyiv beforehand and declaring an immediate start to Ukraine peace talks. Trump administration officials have also made clear in recent days that they expect European allies in NATO to take primary responsibility for the region as the U.S. now has other priorities, such as border security and countering China.

Asked if he could assure the audience that Ukrainians and Europeans would be at the table for talks, General Keith Kellogg told a global security conference in Munich: "The answer to that last question (regarding Europeans), just as you framed it, the answer is no."

Ukrainians, however, will "of course" be at the table, he said, adding it would be foolish to suggest otherwise. This triggered an immediate rebuke from European leaders. "There's no way in which we can have discussions or negotiations about Ukraine, Ukraine's future or European security structure, without Europeans," Finland's President Alexander Stubb told the same security conference in Munich.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-calls-european-army-deter-russia-earn-us-respect-2025-02-15/

[Diraven]

1. So Europe is not included in the talks

But the US has already told them that they're on the hook to provide security guarantees because we're not providing anything. Totally makes sense.

[Laurelin]

3. Doesn't it?

We'll require you to increase your spending and do everything we say but we'll give you nothing. I'm hoping this will be a serious wake up call for what remains of the free world.

[hueymahl]

5. Europe should stop relying on us for security

We no longer are reliable in that sense.

[James48]

2. President Zelensky knows history

And said he would NOT comes to talks IN MUNICH.

That MUNICH holds much too much Nazi history- and the
“Peace in Our Time” disaster of Chamberlin meeting the Nazis in Munich.

Our Felon doesn’t have a clue what happened at Munich.

[Exp]

4. Trump doesn't want to just break the U.S., he also wants to break Europe. WTF?? nt

[regnaD kciN]

6. Of course he does...

…after all, Putin’s aim has always been Dugin’s “One Russia — from Lisbon to Vladivostok.”

[Evolve Dammit]

8. WTF is right.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

7. Our former allies

Are likely assembling hit squads to deal with these rogues. If they aren’t, they should be.

[C0RI0LANUS]

9. NATO, EU, and Ukraine must consider the US a "Russian-occupied government" and act accordingly for the next four years.

[PortTack]

10. So a russian drone tries to blow a hole in the Chernobyl dome and even the US says peace talks are off

But this fool says what?? Good gawd.

The EU and Ukraine should ignore their phony peace talks!