"Do not act alone": Frederiksen said that Stubb and Stere did not inform the EU about the conversation with Putin

In her view, at present nothing indicates that the Russian president wants peace with Europe.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is skeptical about today’s conversation between European leaders and the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, something she said in a DR interview. The politician noted that this conversation "was not coordinated with any of us" — evidently referring to the rest of the EU member states.

Currently, Frederiksen continued, there are no signs indicating that the Russian Federation wants peace with Europe.

"Neither in light of the hybrid war that continues daily, nor in Ukraine, where fierce and aggressive attacks take place every day —" the prime minister continued. "I believe we need to maintain European unity, and not act alone."

For reference, The Telegraph reporters learned that the EU rejected selecting a single special representative in favor of a whole team of delegates to participate in negotiations for peace in Ukraine. In addition to Finland’s president Alexander Stubb and Norway’s prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the delegation could also include Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Czech President Petr Pavel, and the Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen herself. Media explain that this option would help avoid competition for the role of chief envoy and mitigate the use of veto as a tool to block a decision.