Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin has told German and French counterparts that Moscow is open to resuming talks with Ukraine, but that Western arms supplies to the Kyiv government could exacerbate the crisis, he said on Saturday. the Kremlin.
The comments came a day after US officials indicated that the Biden administration is likely to approve the transfer of advanced and long-range rocket systems to Ukraine that the Kyiv government says are needed to halt progress Russians in the eastern Donbas region, where the fighting has been intense.