Putin lets Europe join Ukraine peace talks, as Kyiv says Starshield disrupted again

President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to let European representatives join the next round of Ukraine peace talks, a U.S. envoy said, though the Russian leader said Washington must work with its European allies to understand if they want peace or war in Ukraine. The move to give Europe a seat at the negotiating table at the next round of talks, which U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff announced after the talks, could mark a breakthrough. But Putin’s comments underlined how difficult the negotiations could become, given sharp differences between Moscow and European capitals over the way the war should end. “The Europeans will join at the next meeting, which we consider to be a very important moment because they are our partners and it’s important to us that they take part,” Witkoff told Russian state TV after meeting Putin in the Kremlin. But in a sign of renewed tensions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — whom Witkoff and U.S.

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