Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement?

As the U.S. team continues its negotiations in Saudi with its Russian counterparts to end the war in Ukraine, not a single representative from a European power is directly involved. Nor is there one from Ukraine, the subject of the unprovoked invasion by Russia on 24 February 2022. It may well be that U.S. President Donald Trump is able to effect a peace deal with Russia in such circumstances. After all, its President Vladimir Putin knows very well his country is just a few months away from the complete exhaustion of all possible financial reserves…