Overview
- The ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France and Germany held a roughly 90-minute meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin in Moscow on June 11 to press for direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
- The envoys conveyed support for President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for face-to-face negotiations and repeated the E3 leaders’ proposals for a ceasefire, security guarantees and compensation mechanisms.
- Moscow used the session to reject the E3 terms, with Galuzin and other officials calling Western policy 'destructive' and saying the Eurotroika’s settlement conditions are unacceptable.
- France’s ambassador described the talks as constructive and promised a joint statement, but European officials including the European Commission say there are no signs Russia is ready for a just and lasting peace deal.
- The contact is a limited diplomatic opening that clarifies where the parties stand, and it could lead to more exchanges or public statements next steps while leaving the core negotiating gap over ceasefire terms, security arrangements and territory unresolved.