Before Joe Biden's visit to Kiev, the US contacted Russia.

APA reports with reference to "HuffPost" that this was confirmed by Jake Sullivan, adviser to the President of the United States on security issues.

It was noted that the purpose of taking this step was to prevent wrong steps that could lead to conflict between the two nuclear states.

According to Sullivan, Washington contacted Moscow about this a few hours before the trip.

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Before Joe Biden's visit to Kiev, the US government contacted the Russian side.

APA reports that "Associated Press" wrote about it.

It was noted that the purpose of taking this step was to prevent wrong steps that could lead to conflict between the two nuclear states.