Zelensky holds Dublin talks with E4 sherpas and EU officials on Ukraine

On 12 November 2026, in Dublin on the margins of the European Political Community summit, Volodymyr Zelensky met the sherpas of the E4 group (Britain, France, Germany and Italy) and representatives of the European Commission and the Council. The meeting is to be followed by talks between Zelensky and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who were returning from a summit in Moscow with Vladimir Putin. Separately, Giorgia Meloni took part in the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine in Dublin, where participants reaffirmed full support for Ukraine in light of recent trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, and then held a bilateral meeting with Zelensky, according to Palazzo Chigi. At a press conference closing the summit, European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU had already committed to cover Ukraine's additional financing need of 70 billion euros for 2027, a figure identified in an assessment by the IMF and the Commission, and that a concrete proposal would be discussed at the European Council of 26 and 27 November. Costa also said Ukraine must remain free to choose its own alliances and partnerships, and that the EU is taking part in the diplomatic efforts alongside NATO and Kyiv. Irish premier Micheál Martin, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said hybrid attacks aimed at undermining democratic processes would not be allowed to succeed.