European representatives must be at the negotiating table to settle the Ukrainian conflict, but not with their current approach toward Russia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Vesti reporter Pavel Zarubin. He emphasized that Europe’s current stance, which calls for defeating Russia, makes dialogue with Russia impossible. “This is a very complicated issue. On the one hand, they need to be at the negotiating table. But why would they be needed there right now with that kind of approach? It’s pointless. That’s why they aren’t there right now,” Peskov recalled, noting that most EU countries continue to talk only about inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia.