US envoys shuttle between Moscow and Dublin as Europe joins peace talks

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with European leaders in Dublin after talks in Moscow, with a new trilateral summit involving the US, Russia, and Ukraine scheduled after November 19. The meetings signal a shift toward a multilateral negotiation format that includes Europe. European leaders remain divided on selecting a single negotiator, with Italy's Giorgia Meloni demanding a unified voice, France and Germany backing the E3 format, and Baltic states supporting EU institutional figures. Russia's Vladimir Putin rejected NATO expansion and any European troop deployment in Ukraine, calling such forces "legitimate targets." Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky expressed skepticism about Russian intentions, citing continued attacks and US restrictions on Starlink's Starshield satellite system. Humanitarian agreements include a prisoner exchange and a demining operation in Kostyantynivka, modeled on a previous mission mediated by Melania Trump.