‘Premature’ to talk of specific plan for a Putin-Biden summit on Ukraine, says Kremlin

Putin spokesperson says no concrete plans for leaders to meet following diplomatic efforts by France

Russia has suggested that talk of a summit between Vladimir Putin and the US president, Joe Biden, is premature, saying the two leaders could arrange a call or meeting at any time but there were no concrete plans for an imminent high-level encounter.

The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday tensions over Ukraine were rising but diplomatic contacts remained active, adding that the Russian president would soon address a special session of Russia's security council.