For First Time, Biden “Prepared To Speak With Mr Putin” About Ending Ukraine War
Kremlin responds that Putin too is “open” but is not ready to leave Ukraine.
And according to more of the Kremlin’s reaction to Biden’s ‘openness’…
Asked if the way Biden was framing potential contacts meant that negotiations were impossible from a Russian perspective, Peskov said: “In essence, that’s what Biden said. He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine.”
The Kremlin, Peskov said, could not accept that – and the Russian military operation would continue in Ukraine.