US President Donald Trump’s plan to connect a deal with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Ukraine and his new administration’s administration approach has left the relevant European leaders.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with a Russian delegation led by Secretary of State Sergey Lavrov and aims to end the war in Ukraine.

The meeting comes in the Saudi Arabian capital, Rayada, after Trump spoke to Putin last week and agreed to hold peace talks to end the conflict for three years without involving his European allies. Trump also said he might meet Putin in Saudi Arabia.

This anxiety among European leaders and Ukraine President Voludimir Zelinski, who warned that Kiev would not know any deal that was made Without being involved.

“There are no decisions on Ukraine without Ukraine … Europe must have a seat on the table when decisions are taken on Europe,” Zellinski said at the Munich Security Conference this week.

So what is the new approach to the Trump administration, and how will Europe respond to the new reality?

What is on the US agenda in Russia’s talks in Riyadh?

Rubio, along with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and the Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkeov, held talks with the Russian delegation led by Lavrov.

Along with the goal of resetting the broken relations between Washington and Moscow, the Riyadh talks are likely to prepare for a possible meeting between Trump and Putin. “You will be primarily intended to restore the full complex of Russian -American relations,” Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin, told reporters.

“The world keeps its breath as the meeting between these high -ranking officials in Riyadh started,” said Yulia Shabovalova of the island, adding that there is no penetration.

She said from Moscow: “The settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, as well as improving bilateral relations in Russia and the United States-which struck rocks-on the agenda.”

Why does Europe and Ukraine be concerned about not inviting them to the Riyadh summit?

Zelinski, who traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, repeated that he would not accept any decisions between the United States and Russia for Ukraine.

European leaders also expressed their concerns about the exclusion of Europe and Ukraine from discussions, and they expressed that they wanted to be part of the negotiations.

“He will never find salted peace,” said German counselor Olaf Schools.

Trump later told correspondents that Zelinski would participate in the negotiations, without providing more interpretation. Keith Kelog, the American envoy to Ukraine, also tried to reassure that No deal will be imposed on Ukraine.

Kelog is heading to Kyiv on a three -day visit.

Kiev, who lost nearly 20 percent of its lands and thousands of lives, would like to have a deal that addresses its legitimate security concerns.

We seek a strong and durable peace in Ukraine. To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this must be accompanied by strong and credible security guarantees for Ukrainians. “

European leaders are concerned “because neither Ukraine nor Europe are represented.” Timothy Ash, a co -fellow of Russia and Eurasia in Chatham House, said, “Trump will sell Ukraine under the river.”

“They are afraid of a similar result of Trump’s messages on Gaza – he simply does not care,” Ash said, referring to Trump’s proposal to “seize” on Gaza after the Palestinians removed, which reaches ethnic cleansing and war crime.

How does European leaders respond to Trump’s policy to Ukrainian and Atlantic relations?

European leaders have left the responses to responses after the new Trump administration has raised the United States’ policy in Ukraine over the past three years and made proposals that would change the dynamics of the Atlantic alliance since 1949.

Sunday, KillTrump’s Ukraine envoy announced that Europe will not be at the Ukraine negotiating table. Last week, US Defense Secretary Beit Higseth said that membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for Ukraine was “unrealistic.”

In line with Trump’s speech that Europe should increase its spending on NATO, Higseth indicated that Europe should increase its financial and military responsibilities in Ukraine. He also ruled out the deployment of American forces in Ukraine after signing any deal with Russia. US Vice President JD Vance reiterated the same point: Brussels must “go up in a big way to provide its own defense.”

European leaders in Paris cleared their next steps. Macron joined leaders from Germany, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, along with NATO officials and the European Union.

“Ready and ready”, NATO President Mark Roti published on Monday.

European countries have climbed their contribution to Kiev in recent years, with nearly 140 billion dollars in Ukraine, more than the United States, which spent about $ 120 billion since the war in February 2022.

The ashes from Chatham’s house explained that Europe “realizes that the United States is an unreliable partner”, where some look at Overtur’s Trump to Putin as betrayal by a major ally.

The main fear of Europe is the Russian aggression outside Ukraine, where Washington was the guarantor of security in Europe for decades through the NATO Alliance. But Trump was calling on Europe more responsibility for its security. According to media reports, the United States wants to withdraw some of its forces from Europe.

In 2014, NATO member states pledged to contribute at least two percent of their GDP (GDP) defense, but after more than 10 years, 23 out of 32 members honored their commitment. Trump wants to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP.

UNHCR president Ursula von der Lin published on Monday to X, saying, “We need an increase in defense in Europe.”

The rift comes across the Atlantic, as Trump threatened to impose a tariff on Europe, describing the economic relationship with the European Union “horror”.

European leaders said they would criticize if Trump launched a trade war. Trump has already slapped a very slope tariff for many countries, including China.

Can Europe provide security guarantees to Ukraine?

Last week, European sources stated that Washington has circulated a questionnaire between European leaders, and asked them what countries could contribute in terms of security guarantees to Ukraine. The island, however, did not see the questionnaire.

The Trump administration wants Europe to occupy the front seat in supporting security in Kiev, because the United States has other priorities, such as border security.

Anatol Levin, director of the Eurasia Program at the Queens Institute for the Responsible Construction, told Al -Jazeera that there are major concerns that Washington and Moscow only can negotiate.

“This includes, clearly, NATO membership because for NATO, led by the United States, to invite new members.”

However, Levin said, “When it comes to rebuilding Ukrainian membership and Ukrainian membership in the European Union, this will have the Ukrainians and Europeans to decide.”

At the Paris meeting, European leaders failed to agree on whether the forces should be sent to Ukraine after a peace agreement.

“Nothing came out of the public data from the Paris meeting, which shows that Europe is closer to a proposal, not to mention implementation, anything,” Kiir Giles, a senior consultant in Chatham House, told Al Jazerera.

UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer put the idea of ​​sending British forces to Ukraine as well as Sweden. But German Chancellor Schools called on the discussion to deploy the forces “from the previous time completely.”

Gayls added that with regard to the deployment of forces to Ukraine, “military weights in Europe are either very reluctant like Germany or understand that this puts their security in danger, like Finland.”

This raises questions about how to create such a force – and where -.

“Although Schools has removed this conversation as premature, it must be, to understand the goals of Europe,” Giles told Al Jazerara.