Putin says ‘provocative’ to ask if Russia will invade Ukraine Moscow signals willingness to add U.S. to peace group Kyiv welcomes presidents’ talks as step towards de-escalation Russian planes intercept French fighters in Black Sea MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would send ideas to Washington within a week to follow up his talks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Ukraine crisis. Neither side spoke of a breakthrough after the two-hour video call but they agreed to keep talking about what the Kremlin called “this complex confrontational situation”. “We agreed we will continue this discussion and we’ll do it in a substantive way. We will exchange our ideas in the very near future. Russia will draw up its ideas literally in the coming days, within a week we will give this to the U.S. side to consider,” Putin told reporters. […]