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Europe scrambles to avoid being sidelined on Ukraine

Europe scrambles to avoid being sidelined on Ukraine

Update: 2025-12-05
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How are Europe and Ukraine reacting after the US and Russia sought to strike their own deal, and Putin warned that Moscow – while not planning for war with Europe – is 'ready right now'.

Host Bronwen Maddox is joined by Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes; Natalie Sabanadze, a Senior Research Fellow and former Georgian Ambassador, and Jaroslava Barbieri, Research Fellow with our Ukraine Forum. 

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Europe scrambles to avoid being sidelined on Ukraine

Europe scrambles to avoid being sidelined on Ukraine

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