UK must join Europe at Ukraine peace talks, Irish Taoiseach says

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the UK must be included in European representation at Ukraine peace talks, as pressure grows for Europe to unify its negotiating position with the US and Russia. Speaking before an informal EU Council meeting in Dublin, Martin said Europe will be at the talks but no decisions have been made on who represents it. He suggested an E3 format involving the UK, France and Germany, noting the coalition has been used in past negotiations and that the UK and Norway have played significant roles. US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin after separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Earlier negotiations in Abu Dhabi yielded a prisoner release deal but no substantive progress toward ending the conflict.