US Presidents Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone conversation during which they discussed the military tension related to Ukraine, and each made clear demands
A White House official said that the call between the two presidents ended at 21:25 UTC, and that Biden had proposed a diplomatic course to avoid a military escalation in Ukraine.
He added that Biden told Putin that the deployment of Russian forces along the Ukrainian border is unacceptable
For his part, a senior US official revealed that Biden told Putin during the call that Washington’s approach will depend on Russia’s actions in the coming period
The US official stressed that “the dialogue between Biden and Putin was characterized by a serious and objective tone, and both of them expressed their position.”
The US official pledged that his country will continue to closely monitor the movements of Russian forces on the Ukrainian border
