Biden ‘prepared to meet Putin’ to break deadlock over Ukraine invasion fears

Officials fear Russia is preparing an imminent second invasion of Ukraine (Picture: AP)The US has offered Vladimir Putin a meeting with Joe Biden in increasingly desperate efforts to prevent armed conflict in Ukraine.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken made the proposal after meeting Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov for 90 minutes at what he called a ‘critical moment’ in ongoing talks.Allied diplomats have ramped up pressure on Russia to send back the 106,000 soldiers it has