US briefs European partners in Dublin on Moscow talks on Ukraine

A US delegation briefed European partners on the results of talks in Moscow on ending the war in Ukraine at a meeting held late on 12 November 2026 at a military airfield in Dublin, Ireland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk reported the meeting in a statement carried by the Polish defence and security news website Defence24.

Five European countries took part in the Dublin meeting

According to Tusk, representatives of the US, the UK, Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the EU institutions attended the meeting. The participants’ names and positions were not given, nor were the specific proposals presented by the US delegation.

Ukraine does not appear among the participants listed. However, the list describes the Dublin meeting and does not in itself mean that Kyiv is excluded from the wider diplomatic process.

No indication of whether a common negotiating mandate was agreed

The statement indicates that Washington briefed its European partners on the talks in Moscow. It makes no mention of an agreed text, a common European mandate or a decision on who would represent the European participants in direct negotiations with Russia. Nor should this format be presented as a common position of the entire EU or as a NATO decision.

In Flank’s assessment, the key distinction is between receiving information and taking part in decision-making. The presence of European representatives at the consultation does not indicate what role they will have in negotiating terms for ending the war.

Assessing the outcome of the meeting requires details of the specific proposals, Ukraine’s role in the next round of talks and any decision on common European representation.