Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden began a telephone conversation in connection with the situation around Ukraine. This was announced by CNN journalist Kevin Liptak on his Twitter page.

Liptak wrote that the conversation began at 19:00 Moscow time.

Earlier, Putin had a telephone conversation with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. The Presidents discussed the US and NATO response to Russian proposals for security guarantees.

Prior to this, Putin had held a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron to try to ease the growing tensions in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The conversation lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes.

On February 12, Biden, during a conversation with the leaders of allied countries, said that Russia could allegedly attack Ukraine on February 16, Politico sources say. The invasion will be preceded by missile strikes and cyber attacks, writes .

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