# Latvia president: Europe must be at the table, not on the menu, in Ukraine peace talks

https://mins.news/en/video/54814

- DW News, 2026-09-11 15:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apEjMfm_l6Y

> Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics says the West needs to rethink what hybrid warfare means amid cyberattacks, sabotage, espionage, drone incursions and other suspected gray-zone operations linked to Russia. He says it is unclear whether Moscow genuinely wants dialogue and insists Europe must be part of a peace process for Ukraine.

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