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Jorge Liboreiro

Brussels says door open to direct talks with Putin 'at some point' but 'we're not there yet'

The European Commission has publicly raised the prospect of engaging in direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, while cautioning that Moscow's relentless bombing campaign makes such a move impossible at this stage.

"We're working very, very hard for peace in Ukraine," Paula Pinho, the chief spokesperson of the European Commission, said on Monday afternoon.

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