The Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, said it was a good thing the Ukrainians had come to the negotiating table, and that Russian president, Vladimir Putin, now had to play ball. 'All the pressure is on him,' Rutte said, speaking at a meeting of EU leaders in Albania. He added that Putin had made a mistake by sending a low-level delegation to talks in Turkey

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