EU leaders agreed that Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and EU officials would represent Europe in future Ukraine peace talks, saying Europe must speak with "one clear and united voice".

EU officials said the representatives for Europe in future talks were likely to be national security advisers from the five military powers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday said that Brussels will send diplomats from the bloc and five countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Poland, to upcoming Ukraine talks. 

Europe must show it is ready to contribute to the Ukraine peace process before a decision is made on letting Europeans join the negotiations, the Kremlin said on Friday (Nov 13).

MOSCOW, Nov 13 - The Kremlin said on Friday that Europe must show it is ready to contribute to the Ukraine peace process before a decision is made on letting Europeans join the negotiations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The White House envoys fly to Moscow for meetings with Putin a day after two days of peace talks in Abu Dhabi wrapped up. Russia's lead negotiator repeated hard-line demands focusing not just on Moscow's war on Ukraine but the entire European political structure in place since World War II.

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators wrapped up the first of two days of US-brokered talks aimed at untangling Moscow's nearly 5-year-old all-out war on Ukraine, though it was unclear what progress there had been, if any.