Europe Weighs Naming Envoy to Negotiate With Putin on Ukraine
European leaders are weighing a single envoy as pressure grows to keep the EU in talks, with Stubb drawing attention as a possible mediator.
- Reports suggest European leaders may hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin as relations between America and Ukraine deteriorate amid friction over American satellite support.
- Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused America of throttling satellite services in Ukraine, suggesting Donald Trump favors autocrats, with current tensions echoing the darkest days of 2025.
- Despite demands from America to cease targeting Russian energy infrastructure, Ukraine recently executed major strikes on oil facilities near Petersburg, while remaining reliant on American satellite capabilities.
- Following the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, potential peace options emerged: freezing conflict at the current line of control or ceding the Donbas to Russia in exchange for excluding Ukraine from Nato.
- Europe is now seeking independence from American satellite coverage like Starshield and Starlink; Two Finnish companies, Nokia and Iceye, announced a partnership this month to develop new networks, with first launches expected in 2028.
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President Stubb's name is emerging again as Europe's so-called Russia negotiator, that is, as a person who could contact Putin.
Discussion is gaining strength in European capitals because of the fear that the US and Russia will be able to define the outlines of a possible peace agreement without a sufficiently strong participation of Europe.
Europe is considering who would be appointed as the person who could negotiate directly with Putin on a peace agreement with Ukraine.
Europeans are looking for a person who could talk to the Russian president about the future of Ukraine – Finnish President Alexander Stubb and European Council President Antonio Costa are in the spotlight – Moscow prefers former German Chancellor Schröder
Europe seeks negotiator to negotiate with Putin - Politico <p>European governments discuss negotiator's candidacy for talks with Putin on peace in Ukraine. Among the possible representatives — leaders of the EU.</p>
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