Overview
- Zelensky, after Sunday’s phone call with European Council President António Costa, said both agreed Europe must take part in any talks to end the war.
- He said the parties still need to decide who will formally speak for Europe in a negotiation format.
- The leaders discussed Ukraine’s EU path, with Zelensky saying Kyiv is ready to open “clusters” of membership talks, the grouped policy areas that organize EU accession negotiations.
- Zelensky said he briefed Costa on recent outreach to other European leaders as well as to the United States.
- Zelensky’s account appeared in a Facebook post that Ukrainska Pravda and Ukrinform reported, and a presidential readout later reflected the same points.