White House says the US president voiced ‘deep concerns’ about the Russian military buildup in the two-hour video call
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin held a virtual summit on Tuesday but made little apparent headway in defusing the crisis over Ukraine in the wake of a Russian troop build-up, and instead delegated officials from both countries to stay in contact.
The two leaders talked by videoconference for just over two hours. The White House account of the call said that Biden had voiced “deep concerns” about the Russian military buildup around Ukraine and “made clear that the US and our Allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation”.