Europe Sends Team of Negotiators to Ukraine Peace Talks

European Council President António Costa announced Friday that Europe will send a team of negotiators, rather than a single representative or duo, to future peace talks on Ukraine. The team will include EU representatives and envoys from the E5, the five largest European military powers: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. Costa stated, "We will commit as a European team," though it remains unclear who will represent the EU within the group. European officials were previously sidelined during talks in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. The decision follows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's statement Thursday that Europe would be at the table next round, after European nations struggled to agree on a single representative.