TREE NEWS update: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 12th that Russia has never closed the door to dialogue with Europe and that it was Europe that interrupted the dialogue, during a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. The remarks were made at the meeting, where Putin also stated that Russia cannot accept the stationing of foreign troops in Ukraine.
Putin Says Russia Never Closed Door to Europe Dialogue
AI take
Putin's framing of Europe as the party that broke off contact, delivered in a meeting with US envoys rather than European officials, is itself the signal: Moscow is routing its diplomatic messaging through Washington while casting Brussels as the obstacle. The paired rejection of foreign troops in Ukraine sets a condition that any European security guarantee would collide with, which matters for how postwar arrangements are discussed. Whether this reflects a genuine opening or positioning ahead of further US-Russia contacts is the open question.
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