Ukraine was at the center of a 50-minute telephone conversation between US and Russian Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. The call was made at the request of the Russian president
According to US presidential spokeswoman Jen Psaki, “President Biden has called on Russia to escalate tensions with Ukraine. “It has made it clear that the United States and its partners will react decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine.”
“Any diplomatic progress in US-Russian relations goes through ‘de-escalation’ in Ukraine,” Psaki insisted.
According to the Kremlin, the Russian president warned his US counterpart that imposing sanctions on the United States and its allies in Russia because of the crisis in Ukraine would be a “colossal mistake” and could even lead to the severance of relations between them. .
The discussion was “honest” and “substantial,” Russian presidential adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters after the two leaders’ meeting.
According to the Kremlin’s diplomatic adviser, the leaders agreed to intensify bilateral talks in January.
Follow Skai.gr on Google News
and be the first to know all the news
.
