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Scoop: U.S. asks Russia to propose new security agreement with Europe

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to expand next round of negotiations to include European countries in Dublin EU leaders will continue talks on their diplomatic and financial support for Ukraine today, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged them to “pay attention” to Vladimir Putin’s demands on security.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 5 sources•1 min read•Updated November 13, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC
Key points
  • The first trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia in nine months have ended with an agreement on exchanging prisoners.
  • A seat at the table for Europe now appears likely following comments by a US envoy who just held talks with Putin.
  • The Ukrainian president says it makes sense for European leaders to be involved as Ukraine hopes to eventually join the EU.

Kushner and Witkoff also told the Russians that in order to seriously discuss security issues in Europe, they need to agree to allow European representatives to participate in future peace talks.

Additional details
  • Does this mark a genuine breakthrough and a step toward peace?
  • But who will take that seat remains unclear.
  • US envoy and President ​Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Thursday Russia and ​Ukraine ‌agreed ⁠to expand the next ‌round of talks to include ⁠European nations, who will debate whether their envoy should be one individual or more and who should represent them at a summit in Dublin on Friday.
  • proposal to secure a deal on a new Europe-Russia security architecture as part of an agreement to end the war in Ukraine was a key focus of the Abu Dhabi talks.
  • They proposed that Russia draft a new proposal that includes its security concerns and demands, but also lays out what "symmetrical steps" it's willing to take to de-escalate and reassure Europe that it will not attack in the future.

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