EU EXPOSED? Brussels Spokesperson STRUGGLES To Explain Europe's Exclusion From Putin, Zelensky Talks

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European Commission spokesperson Christian Wigand faced pointed questions at Monday's midday press briefing in Brussels over why no European Union representatives attended meetings between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, offering only that the EU remains in constant touch with key interlocutors and close contact through all channels without directly addressing the absence. Separately, spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed that European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis held his first meeting with new Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi, discussing Ukraine's financing needs for 2026 and 2027, the implementation of reforms required to unlock funding under the 90 billion euro loan programme split into 45 billion euro tranches for each year, and preparations for Ukraine's 2027 financing strategy required to access the funds. Wigand also confirmed that

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