Biden and Putin will talk for fear of invading Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold video interviews on Tuesday, the White House said, amid rising tensions over Ukraine. It came after Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the United States had evidence that Russia was plotting a "large-scale" attack on Ukraine.

However, he added that it was not clear whether Putin had made the final decision to strike.

Russia has denied such intentions, accusing Ukraine of recruiting troops.

In a statement declare late Saturday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that while speaking with the Russian Federation, Biden "stressed US concerns about Russia's military actions on the border with Ukraine and US support for the sovereignty and will reaffirm Ukraine's territorial integrity." President.

Ukraine says Russia has armored vehicles, electronic warfare systems, and 94,000 troops stationed along its border.

Citing intelligence reports, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said Moscow could plan a military strike by the end of January. The movement of Russian troops has strained relations between Russia and the US.

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On Friday, Biden warned that he would make it "very, very difficult" for Putin to "fake it and do what people fear he will do."

Although not a member of NATO, Ukraine has close ties to the bloc and has received Western weapons, including the US Javelin anti-tank missile.

Russian authorities have denied the planned invasion, saying border troops were there for military exercises.

Moscow accused NATO of provocative behavior during exercises in the Black Sea near Crimea. Russia's Foreign Ministry also said Ukraine had sent 125,000 troops to the shared border. Kiev would not comment on the allegations. Biden-Putin summit: outlining the body language of world leaders. This week, Britain's military chief said he should be "on alert" about potential conflict in the region.

General Sir Nick Carter told the BBC he was "clearly hopeful" that there would be no war with Russia, but added that NATO should be prepared for the eventuality.

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine are not new. In 2014 Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and soon began supporting a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. Recently, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyi imposed sanctions on an influential friend of President Putin and banned the broadcasting of three pro-Russian television channels.

Presidents Biden and Putin held their only private talks in Geneva in June. Reuters reports that his last call was on July 9.