Europe is sending heavy hitters to Washington alongside Ukraine’s president to bolster Kyiv

European leaders "try to influence the negotiation process as much as possible, because they know Trump really wants to do it this way, and they don’t want to leave the initiative to Putin,” said Giuseppe Spatafora to Politico ahead of the meeting of the Ukrainian President and European leaders, with President Trump in Washington. “In general, the Europeans talk much more often to Trump than during the first 100 days, which is good. They have influence. But it’s limited.”