Biden, Putin Prepared to Talk This Week Amid Ukraine Tensions: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with U.S President Joe Biden during a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, 2021. Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak this week amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.

A spokesman for the Russian government told RIA Novosti, a state news agency, that the video call will take place on the evening of Dec. 7.