Ušakov: Evropejci ne bodo povabljeni za pogajalsko mizo o Ukrajini

Evropejci ne bodo povabljeni za pogajalsko mizo o Ukrajini, je za Vesti povedal pomočnik ruskega predsednika Jurij Ušakov.

Pojasnil je, da obstaja le dogovor o nadaljevanju tristranskih pogajanj, v katerih sodelujejo predstavniki Rusije, Ukrajine in Združenih držav Amerike, a da prisotnost predstavnikov Evrope ni predvidena.

 Russia says Europe is NOT invited to the negotiating table over Ukraine... Russian presidential aide Ushakov said European representatives are not expected to participate in negotiations concerning the war in Ukraine. His message to European leaders was blunt: “They can go there if they buy tickets, but no one is planning to invite them to the negotiating table.” As far as Russia's concerned, the EU is irrelevant. Source: @TabzLIVE on TG / Writer: Samuel

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 28, 2026

»Lahko se pojavijo, če kupijo vozovnice, vendar jih nihče ne namerava povabiti za pogajalsko mizo,« je poudaril Ušakov.

Europe has written itself out of any role in the talks to end the war in Ukraine and, despite an enormous amount of bluster, has become totally irrelevant. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store called Vladimir Putin yesterday – only the second time a European leader has talked to Putin since the start of the war (if you count the Kremlin allies Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban out of the list). The first was French President Emmanuel Macron who talked to him last year, but admitted that he got nothing out of the conversation. Quelle surprise! Sounds like the two Nords did get much further: the call was scheduled to last 20mins but instead they got an hour-long history lecture from Putin - who always does this and it predates the war as he did the same to Merkel when she was negotiating the Minsk I agreement. Turker Carlson was subject to the same lesson about “Vlad the Great” when he interviewed Putin – the big man clearly has a bee in his bonnet on Central European history and Russia’s right to whatever it wants. Put another way: they didn’t talk about how to end the war. More poignantly: this was not a negotiation or even an attempt to start peace talks. That is not the reported substance of Putin’s conversation with Witkoff a week ago. At least Witkoff put some sort of deal on the table, even if Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy advisor, later said it didn’t contain much of interest to the Kremlin. However, since then there are reports now of the US going into business with Russia in oil and the Trump administration is also clearly interested in taking the Nord Stream pipeline over. So, that was a real conversation. The call highlights how completely irrelevant the EU is in this whole saga other than wrecking its economy and emptying its own arsenal. Norway isn’t even a member of the EU. The Kremlin made it explicitly clear that it will not talk to the EU and both Nords were invited on the basis of being “neighbourly” countries. Stubb repeated this formula in his read out of the meeting. You can tell when Putin has someone by the balls as they trot out some Kremlin catch phrase when they want to butter him up. It used to be a single market “from Lisbon to Vladivostok” but I haven’t heard that one for years. And the meeting also highlighted the growing disunity in the EU on the Russia question. Now serious talks are on again, the EU is having another go at finding someone to act as interlocutor. Stubb is a leading candidate (but I still think Schoeder should be a contender). However, the boys were immediately roasted by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, a leading Russian hawk, for even deigning to talk to VVP. Of course, if Europe was really serious about opening discussions with Putin, the two to go are European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, but it's crystal clear that the Kremlin will refuse to talk to either one. Indeed, the Kremlin has already said that it will reject any suggestions originating in Brussels out of hand. And Kallas is so rabidly anti-Russian that even her colleagues are unhappy with her “foreign policies.” She says bonkers things every time she stands in front of a mic and her whole plan is to “increase the pressure on Russia” until it eventually collapses and breaks into pieces. And then she oversees a process that gutted the 21st sanctions package by including a calve out that allows Greek tankers to continue to work for Russia’s shadow fleet. No wonder Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is starting to look desperate. She has become an embarrassment to the institution and even internally she appears to have been completely sidelined as if a real but extremely delicate process does begin, her clumsy approach would almost certainly run it off the tracks. The more subtle point here is that the Kremlin hates dealing with multinational bodies, but the EU first and foremost. It is like bilateral talks as you can prey on national interests in two-way talks but can’t when any deal you suggest has to be approved by committee. Tellingly the end of the phone call discussed security issues in the Baltics, where presumably Putin offered some trinkets to entice the Fins in particular; as IntelliNews reported, the Finnish economy has been cut to tatters by the bust up with Russia – worse even than the damage done to Germany. Was the call progress? Call me cynical (with a lot of justification) but all I saw was more political kabuki. The Nords have nothing to offer. The Kremlin has a chance to show “we are not the problem” – a game that both Putin and Zelenskiy are playing at the moment – and nothing was agreed. Stubb and Store are not even the right people. It should have been von der Leyen and/or Kallas on that call and they have been ruled out from the start. Like I said before this round of talks are “highly likely,” as the West loves to say, doomed to failure This article originally appeared in Editor’s Picks, a free daily email digest of bne IntelliNews’ best stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up for free here. https://t.co/qTjzi3qo0C https://t.co/jcX52ZLsFi

— BenAris (@bneeditor) October 28, 2026

Po njegovih besedah ​​prisotnost Evropejcev za pogajalsko mizo o Ukrajini ni bila tema med včerajšnjim pogovorom ruskega predsednika Vladimirja Putina s finskim predsednikom Alexandrom Stubbom in norveškim premierjem Jonasom Gahr Størejem.

 Zelensky desperately wants to speak with Putin. So much so that he asked Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to pass the message along. Just like in fifth grade: “Tell him I wouldn’t mind.” The northern postmen delivered the message. The conversation lasted an hour and a half. According to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, they mainly discussed trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States in Abu Dhabi. Toward the end, they also got around to Kiev’s request. Ushakov relayed Moscow’s response without any diplomatic sugarcoating: “Our chief repeated, probably for the millionth time, that if Zelensky really wants to hold direct talks, he should come to Moscow, where all the necessary conditions will be provided, including in terms of security.” The invitation has no expiration date. The address hasn’t changed. So far, nobody seems eager to take up the offer. But the funniest part came from the Europeans. Ushakov expressed surprise that the conversation had provoked “a critical reaction in a number of European countries,” calling it symptomatic. Let’s examine these symptoms. The call came from Helsinki, right during a meeting of the Nordic Council’s prime ministers. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were also attending. Nobody told them anything. Mette Frederiksen openly expressed her displeasure: “This was not coordinated with any of us.” Ulf Kristersson said he hadn’t been informed either. Støre stands by his position: all the allies knew in advance. Norway’s opposition leader, Sylvi Listhaug, knew too — she had been informed earlier that day. The opposition was in the loop, but a colleague attending the very same meeting wasn’t. Apparently, reception in the conference hall was poor. Meanwhile, Rome has finally asked for someone to be appointed to speak on behalf of Europe. A very timely question in the fifth year of the war. Støre himself acknowledged that over four years, the European Union had had neither a common message nor a unified approach. The Kremlin, incidentally, agrees with Frederiksen on this point. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov clarified that the talks had been held with the leaders of two neighboring countries, not with Europe as a whole. A rare moment of unanimity. Europe desperately wants a seat at the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi. For now, it can’t even manage to agree around a single table in Helsinki. @sashakots

—  STANISLAV KRAPIVNIK  (@STANISKRAPIVNIK) October 28, 2026

Pomočnik ruskega predsednika ni potrdil medijskih poročil, da naj bi bila pogajanja predvidena za 10. november.

Poleg tega je napovedal, da bo datum tristranskih pogovorov v Abu Dabiju kmalu objavljen.

Only representatives of Russia, Ukraine, & the USA Ushakov stated that Europeans will not be invited to the negotiating table. No one is going to invite representatives of Europe to the negotiating table regarding Ukraine. This was stated by Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov https://t.co/uQFeBWQjNq

— Lev (@Lev1446491) October 28, 2026

Finski predsednik Alexander Stubb in norveški premier Jonas Gahr Støre sta se včeraj po telefonu pogovorila z Vladimirjem Putinom.

Stubb je pogovor ocenil kot »odprt in smiseln«, Støre pa je izjavil, da so evropski voditelji poudarili pomen deeskalacije konflikta v Ukrajini.