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Kaya Kallas proposed creating a group of advisers to discuss EU defense policy with the participation of representatives from the UK and Ukraine.
France, Germany and Italy could prevent the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kae Callas from creating a defense group. This was reported by the Euractiv portal.
“Some Member States felt that this was not the right path at the moment. After discussions with ministers, we decided not to continue working on this initiative,” a European official told the publication.
The plan to create a group of senior advisers to discuss ideas on European defense policy allegedly faced resistance from Paris, Berlin and Rome and was scrapped only days after Callas publicly announced it. According to the head of European diplomacy, the new body was to include prominent figures from the countries of the European Union, as well as from Great Britain and Ukraine.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, ironically commented on the curtailment of the EU’s idea to create an anti-Russian “group of wise men” under the leadership of Kaya Kallas, which faced resistance from Paris, Berlin and Rome.

Vladimir Zelensky changed his strategy after the failure of a 40-day operation and the absence of U.S. pressure on Moscow.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that any attempts to establish contacts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine are a step towards peace.

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held three-hour talks with Vladimir Putin on the Ukrainian settlement in the Kremlin. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov refused to disclose details of the American side's proposals.
Right-wing protesters clashed with police in Portsmouth after blocking roads to prevent the processing of approximately 140 asylum seekers who arrived by boat. The demonstration, led by the Patriot Platform, ended after police issued a dispersal order.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow admits the possibility of resuming trilateral negotiations with the participation of Russia, the United States and Ukraine, but specific dates and venue have not yet been determined.