Europe shouldn’t take the Kremlin’s bait by engaging in direct talks with Russia at a time when Ukraine has gained the upper hand in its fight, Estonia’s top diplomat warned.
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Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said Moscow has intensified outreach to European nations as its economy falters and its military struggles to make progress in the fifth year of the full-scale invasion. The response should be to ratchet up sanctions, not to help Moscow find an off-ramp, according to the minister.
