The European Union remains wedded to its maximalist total Ukrainian victory position and warned “the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine” as President Donald Trump prepares for in-person talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

Opinions abound as the days count down to President Trump giving Russia’s Putin what he’s suggested may be a final chance to end the war. That Ukraine itself is not yet slated to be present at the bilateral talks is a matter of particular anxiety, with Kyiv and Brussels both objecting to the validity of decisions made without their being in the room.

Yet it isn’t European Union membership…

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