Joe Biden: I'm willing to talk to Vladimir Putin about ending war in Ukraine

President of Russia Vladimir Putin (L) and his United States counterpart Joe Biden. [Courtesy of NYT]

U.S. President Joe Biden raised the possibility Thursday of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to Moscow's war against Ukraine but said he had yet to see any willingness on Putin's part to halt his 10-month invasion.

"I'm prepared to talk to Putin but only in consultation with NATO allies," Biden said at a White House news conference after holding several hours of private talks with French President Emmanuel Macron about Ukraine and other issues. "I have no immediate plans to contact Mr. Putin. I'm not going to do it on my own."