in Dublin

EU leaders will continue talks on their diplomatic and financial support for Ukraine today, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged them to “pay attention” to Vladimir Putin’s demands on security.

Zelenskyy and European leaders sit at a conference table during an EPC summit meeting
Meeting on Ukraine on the sidelines of the Dublin summit. Photograph: dts News Agency Germany/Shutterstock

European leaders meeting in Dublin on Thursday rejected calls that there was any need to recreate a European security architecture, while restating that Russia needed to stop attacking Ukraine.

European Council president António Costa summed it up: