RT by @mikenov: 🇷🇺 The Kremlin says Russia will get what it wants “by force” if Europe does not offer a real security deal. Moscow is setting the terms for Europe’s entry into Ukraine talks before the Europeans have even called. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Russia will achieve its goals by force if it fails to reach a security agreement with Europe. Talks on ending the war and on a European security architecture would be pointless without a genuine attempt at peace, he said. “At some stage, of course, this will need to be discussed with the Europeans,” Peskov said. “However, if they do not genuinely want peace, it will be pointless.” He also told TASS that European n

🇷🇺 The Kremlin says Russia will get what it wants “by force” if Europe does not offer a real security deal. Moscow is setting the terms for Europe’s entry into Ukraine talks before the Europeans have even called.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Russia will achieve its goals by force if it fails to reach a security agreement with Europe. Talks on ending the war and on a European security architecture would be pointless without a genuine attempt at peace, he said.

“At some stage, of course, this will need to be discussed with the Europeans,” Peskov said. “However, if they do not genuinely want peace, it will be pointless.”

He also told TASS that European negotiators have not yet tried to contact Moscow. A day earlier he said Russia would not set conditions on the makeup of Europe’s team. Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has framed it more bluntly: Europe must choose between war and peace, and so far, he said, its actions point toward continuing the conflict.

The European team now exists. EU leaders meeting in Dublin agreed that Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland, together with EU institutions, will represent Europe at the next round. The US-mediated trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi ended on Wednesday with no agreement on a ceasefire, territory or security guarantees. US envoy Jared Kushner later said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to widen the next round to include European partners, to cover post-war European security alongside territorial questions.

Russian outlets report that Putin met Kushner and Steve Witkoff in the Kremlin on Thursday, after which the envoys flew to Dublin to meet Zelensky and national security advisers from Ukraine, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Poland and the EU.

For Americans, the message from Moscow is that a Europe seat at the table may bring a new set of Russian demands and slow a deal. For Europeans, Peskov’s line puts the burden on them to prove they “genuinely want peace” on Russia’s definition, while Russian drones and missiles keep hitting Ukraine.

— @thetect0nic Nov 15, 2026