Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe BidenMOSCOW, Feb. 12 Russian President Vladimir Putin told American colleague Joe Biden that the West is not exerting due pressure on Ukraine to implement the Minsk agreements, an aide to the Russian leader, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters. «, he said. 
In Ukraine, they put forward an ultimatum to ZelenskyUshakov added that Putin also drew Biden's attention to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. «Our president drew attention to the danger of the militarization of Ukraine, its pumping with modern weapons, which Western countries are purposefully doing, thereby encouraging possible provocations of the Ukrainian security forces, both in in relation to Donbass and in relation to Crimea,» Ushakov added. The Russian side stated that it did not understand the transfer of deliberately false information about the «invasion» of Ukraine to the media, Yuri Ushakov said after a telephone conversation between the leaders of Russia and the United States.
Pushilin called the possible cause of the explosion in the Donbass»We outlined our considerations and stressed several times that we do not understand why we should transmit false information about our Russian intentions to the media,» — he said. US President Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, said that then the United States and Russia are competitors, but they must do everything to avoid the worst scenario around Ukraine, Yuriy Ushakov said this while talking to reporters. «He said that our two great powers are still competitors, but we must do everything to maintain stability, maintain security around the world. He also stressed that it is necessary to do everything possible to avoid the worst-case scenario in the context of the current situation around Ukraine,» Ushakov said. Donbass
