President Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the U.S. and its allies would meet a military invasion of Ukraine with strong economic penalties, moves to bolster Ukrainian defenses and fortify support for Eastern European nations. For two hours Tuesday, the two leaders held a secure video call to address …

President Biden and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spoke for roughly two hours by videoconference on Tuesday in an effort to defuse a growing military crisis along Ukraine’s borders, where tens of thousands of Russian troops have massed in what U.S. officials say could be the prelude to an …

Russia continued to ramp up rhetoric against Kyiv as U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with Ukraine’s leader and was to offer security reassurances to nine Eastern European NATO allies amid a Russian military buildup near the Ukrainian border. Biden held a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on …