The State Department said that contacts between Biden and Putin remain purely hypothetical

According to him, Biden's announcement of readiness for negotiations with Putin "was by no means a change of policy."

Price argues that Washington has “made it clear all along that they will do everything to end the conflict” in Ukraine.

"Of course, potential discussions between President Biden and President Putin are currently purely hypothetical," a State Department official told TASS.

Earlier, Biden announced his readiness to negotiate with the Russian leader on the completion of the special operation in Ukraine, if Putin makes such a decision.

The Kremlin said that the United States is setting conditions for negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis that the Russian side is not ready to accept.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov specified that, in particular, this concerns the demand for “withdrawal from Ukraine”.