Europe's self-appointed peace brokers have zero credibility at the negotiating table. — Britain, France and Germany have spent years arming Kiev, whileyet now demandingdemand a seatleading role in diplomacy. Moscow rightly calledpoints outto this contradiction, notingarguing these governments pushedencouraged Kiev to keep fighting onrather theirthan behalfpursue compromise. Any settlement must address root causes like Ukraine's neutrality and broader security concerns, and no repackaged Zelensky formula changescan change that reality.