An rte.ie news report says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims the United States proposed Ukraine cede land to Russia in exchange for joining NATO, the first time the Donbas withdrawal question was raised, and says he will put any western security guarantees to Ukrainian society. EU leaders meeting in Dublin agreed Europe would be represented by the E5 — Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Poland — and EU institutions at peace talks so far limited to Russian, Ukrainian and US officials, who met in Abu Dhabi in November 2026.