ASV the president Joe Biden announced on Friday that new measures are being prepared to suspend any Russia plans to invade Ukraine.
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“I have put together what I consider to be the most comprehensive and meaningful package of initiatives to [Krievijas prezidentam Vladimira] “It would be very, very difficult for Mr Putin to continue and do what people are worried he could do,” Biden told reporters on Friday.
Previously in both the US and Ukraine Russia has stepped up its military presence near the Ukrainian border.
Tensions have escalated in recent weeks and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has warned Russia not to carry out a military invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has stated that at the borders of Ukraine, occupied Crimea Peninsula and the controlled territories of Eastern Ukraine Moscow militant gangs, some 115,000 Russian troops are currently concentrated.
The Kremlin has denied suspicions of an attack and has accused the United States of escalating tensions.
As reported, the Kremlin announced on Friday that a video summit between Putin and Biden is expected next week.
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters that an agreement had been reached on the timing of the video summit, but that it would not be made public until the details of the virtual meeting were agreed.
He said Putin was planning to explain to Baiden a proposal to suspend security guarantees NATO expansion to the east and end, in Moscow’s view, the threatening deployment of weapons in Russia’s neighborhood, including Ukraine.
Tensions between the two powers remain high, although contacts between the parties have intensified since Putin and Biden first took part in bilateral talks in Geneva in June.
There are also disagreements between Russia and the United States over cyber attacks and embassy staff following several waves of diplomatic expulsions.
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