Exclusive: Ukraine welcomes Biden-Putin call as path to deterrence and de-escalation

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a meeting with the US Secretary of State in Stockholm, Sweden December 2, 2021. Jonathan Nackstrand/Pool via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Reuters on Wednesday that talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had enabled "deterrence and de-escalation".

In the first reaction by a senior Ukrainian official about Tuesday's video call between Biden and Putin, Kuleba welcomed U.S. efforts to bring Russia to the negotiating table.