Kaja Kallas says Moscow is trying to divert attention from its aggression by raising issue of European security The EU’s foreign policy chief has warned against “walking into the traps that Russia is setting” as she said Moscow was trying to start a debate about European security in order to divert attention from its aggression. “We have one aggressor and one victim, and the aggressor does not have security concerns,” Kaja Kallas said on arrival at an EU leaders’ summit in Dublin. “Nobody has ever attacked them. They have attacked others. I mean, keep the focus, people.” Continue reading...
Russia is ‘setting traps’ in Ukraine talks, EU foreign policy chief warns

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- · BBC NewsFirst day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky says
- · Al JazeeraRussia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi end with prisoner exchange agreement
- · NPRRussia and Ukraine agree to a prisoner exchange as talks end with no big breakthrough
- · NPRUkraine's ex foreign minister Kuleba on prospects for peace in Russia-Ukraine war
- · The GuardianNew talks with Russia, Ukraine and European countries agreed, US says - as it happened
- · The GuardianEurope should not walk into Russia’s ‘traps’ on Ukraine talks, EU’s foreign policy chief Kallas says – Europe live
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