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​The international stage is at its most tense and politically consequential point in months. Representatives from Moscow, Kyiv, and the United States have met again for direct trilateral negotiations—with key rounds in Abu Dhabi—after nine months of complete deadlock.
​What has set off alarm bells in international foreign ministries and dominated global headlines is the European Union’s total exclusion from these talks. The Kremlin is demanding that any hypothetical resolution to the conflict be directly linked to a profound review of Europe’s entire security architecture and the strategic withdrawal of NATO troops.