Russia Says It Won’t Invite Europe to Ukraine Talks, Date to Be Announced Soon

The format itself is the story here: a trilateral channel that excludes the European parties with the largest stake in any settlement, framed as a scheduling matter rather than a political choice. That structure shifts leverage toward Washington as the sole bridge between Moscow and Kyiv, and leaves European governments reading outcomes they may be asked to underwrite. Whether the announced date materializes, and whether excluded capitals accept a framework they did not shape, is the open question.