EU to Join Russia-US-Ukraine Talks in Abu Dhabi, von der Leyen Says

The EU's entry into a format previously framed as trilateral changes the diplomatic geometry more than the substance of any single session: Brussels now has a seat it did not originally hold, which matters for how any security or reconstruction commitments get underwritten. The emergency assistance mechanism agreed between von der Leyen and Zelensky signals that Kyiv is hedging on the talks' outcome while still engaging. Whether the EU's participation becomes structural or stays ad hoc is the open question, and it is the detail to track as the Abu Dhabi round proceeds.