President Biden said Thursday that he has 'no immediate plans' to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but would do so only if Putin was looking to end his ongoing war in Ukraine.
President Biden Welcomes French President Macron To The White House
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: U.S. President Joe Biden answers a question during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House during an official state visit on December 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. President Biden is welcoming Macron for the first official state visit of the Biden administration.
"I'm prepared to speak with Mr. Putin if, in fact, there is an interest in him deciding he's looking for a way to end the war,” Biden said during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House. “He hasn't done that yet." Biden said that if Putin were to signal a willingness to end the war, he would work with NATO allies and would “be happy to sit down with Putin to see what he wants, has in mind.”Biden has previously called Putin a"war criminal" who“He's inflicting incredible, incredible carnage on the civilian population of Ukraine,” Biden said Thursday. “Bombing nurseries, hospitals, children's homes. It's sick what he's doing.
, at least 6,655 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia's military invasion began on Feb. 24, though the agency believes the actual death toll is likely much higher.in several Ukrainian cities, cutting off power as temperatures begin to plummet in Eastern Europe.
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