Some EU leaders caution against talks with Russia

Several EU leaders said on Thursday there was no point in rushing into talks with Russia after an EU official said on Wednesday the office of European
Council President Antonio Costa had made “brief contacts at diplomatic level” with the Kremlin.
European leaders have recently stepped up discussions about the possibility of direct talks with Russia over the war in Ukraine after isolating Moscow diplomatically since it attacked Ukraine in February 2022. But there is no joint view.