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Sunday, February 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Zelensky to speak to Biden ‘in coming hours’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he gives a joint press conference with French President following their meeting in Kyiv on February 8, 2022. (Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP)
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky will speak to US President Joe Biden “in the coming hours,” his office says, as Western concerns mount that Russia is preparing to invade the ex-Soviet state.
“In the coming hours, President Volodymyr Zelensky will discuss the security situation and current diplomatic efforts to de-escalate with US President Joe Biden,” the Ukrainian leader’s press secretary Sergiy Nikiforov says on Facebook.