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Biden, Putin to have a second call on Ukraine tensions
By EUobserver
US president Joe Biden will hold talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin by phone on Thursday for the second time this month, in a bid to de-escalate tensions over Ukraine, the BBC writes. They will discuss forthcoming security talks between the countries and the situation in Europe. The US consulted European leaders ahead of the call to co-ordinate a common response to the issue, a White House statement said.