I Don't Need to Talk to Putin, Says Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden has stated that he currently does not see the need to speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "I don't need to talk to Putin," he said during a conversation with reporters at the White House.

Biden and Putin last spoke over the phone on February 12, 2022, prior to that, they had a conversation in late 2021. The only face-to-face meeting between Putin and Biden as heads of state took place in Geneva in June 2021.