An interesting thing about Kellog's insistence that Europe isn't a party to the negotiations is that (aside form contributing more overall than the US and obviously have a large stake in the outcome) they hold almost all of the frozen Russian assets. Trump could lean on Orban and Fico to try to unfreeze them at the EU level, but success would be far from assured https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/15/7498501/