Thank you so much for giving me the floor, Radio Free Europe, so my

question concerns the negotiations that were held yesterday in the Kremlin between Steve

Witkoff and Vladimir Putin, so the outcome is, as we see that there is

a forthcoming summit, a possible summit between the US President and also between Vladimir Putin

Russian President, and the three way summit between the Russian President, Ukrainian

President, and the US President might follow this bilateral meeting. What we hear from those

announcements that President von der Leyen was not part of the call yesterday, could you

confirm that, and also that the European leaders and the European Union as itself is

not invited to those negotiations on the leaders' level. So what is your response

to that? Thanks. Thanks indeed, the president was not in the

call yesterday. She has been extensively debriefed, was in touch

with the leaders like always, she's in constant contact with them

especially on such an important matter. Of course, you know our position on peace talks

very well. We support a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and our commitment on

that has not changed in any way, for what concerns that these, possible

trilateral, peace talks. I understand that the timing, the format

the logistics are still, to be seen, so it's very much premature to

say exactly what is gonna happen if and when there is further information, we will

of course be happy to share it with you. Other questions on this specifically, let's

stay on the topic, yes, let's continue. It

You

need to wait for the microphone to turn red. Thank you. Yes, DW

now I can hear myself, yeah, it's on the same topic. maybe I would like

to ask, I guess it's a question for Anitta on like, a deeper

assessment of what happened in Moscow, the talks with

the representative of President Trump, Steve Witkoff with Putin

What do you think the implications are, of, this visit? For

for the general peace process and the movement towards peace negotiations

in Ukraine and also as we know so far the European

Union has not played an active role in this particular branch

of negotiations so what could the EU's role be and how

could the EU help Trump to, to actually achieve

the goal of, Sitting at the at the table and starting the peace negotiations

Thank you. Thank you, Xenia. Three main points

and this is a position we have reiterated several times. First of all, no one

wants more peace than Ukraine and the EU. It is very clear that Russia is

not interested in any peace as such because we have seen it in their actions

not in their words. That being said, of course we welcome any

pressure. When it comes to ensure that Russia

is at the negotiation table, we welcome any work that goes

into the direction of a sustainable ceasefire. On our side, the

EU is supporting Ukraine throughout. We work also with all our international partners

to ensure that Ukraine is as strong as possible on the battlefield so Ukraine

can be the strongest also at the negotiation table and throughout you have

seen this through the sanctions packages that we have adopted most recently, the

18th sanctions package against Russia. You have seen it through our military

support to Ukraine, military and defense, but also on the training of Ukrainian

soldiers. Thanks, Anitta. Other questions on this? Yes

go ahead. Angela Skujins from TVP World

so I understand that von der Leyen wasn't looped into the calls yesterday by Trump

but Zelensky posted on X today that he's going to speak to a range of

European leaders about his priorities for the summit if it's to take place, and the

second priority is establishing a format for leaders. Is anyone

from the EU level considered to be invited to this format to secure

long-term peace from Zelensky, thank you. Thanks on

the leader's call, I understand that also in this case the format is still being

agreed, so I will be able to have more information on this later in the

course of the day, but let me be clear that we are in constant contact

even just this morning and now as we speak with. Our Ukrainian

partners and the other European leaders, so talks

and contacts are ongoing at all levels, even just now as we

are at the midday for what concerns the call later, as I said, the format

is still being decided. Other questions on this, I have one hand in

the press room and then a few from remote. Go ahead. Valeria

Paskov, public broadcaster of Ukraine, I'd like to clarify, so despite all the requests, for

now European leaders or the European representatives are not invited to

this to this meeting. Is it a disappointment for the EU to be

not invited to this trilateral possible trilateral meeting between Trump, Zelensky

and Putin? Let me clarify, there is no request and no decision

taken on the format. What we have said is that the format, the timing, the

logistics are completely unclear at this stage. They're still being decided

so we will have to see how things develop, and this is premature. So of

course there's no disappointment on something that has not been requested and something that has

not been decided. I have a couple of hands from remote,

I know it's on another matter. Gabriele as well. Rebecca, is

it on, on this? I

don't know if it's on this or not. No, it's, it's

not on this, it's on climate. OK then I would ask you to wait for

a moment, other, it's on this, go ahead. Thanks

Eddie Wax from EUractive. So who has Ursula von der Leyen spoken to about

Ukraine in the last 24 hours? As I said, she has been extensively debriefed

by the other leaders and commission officials are part of talks

and contacts at other levels as we speak both with European

partners and Ukrainian partners. Eddie, if you have a follow up, you raise your

hand. I give you the floor again, and then you can speak. Go ahead. So

that means, Alexander Stubb, Friedrich Mertz, can you give us the

names of who she's spoken to, please? No, I don't have names to give you

I can just confirm that she has been extensively debriefed by several EU leaders. I

see no other hand raised on this. Are there other questions on foreign affairs for

Anitta? Go ahead.