Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • The Kremlin denied Putin reached out to the US about talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
  • A Bloomberg report said Putin was "testing the waters" over the US's willingness to engage in talks.
  • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the report "absolutely does not correspond to reality."

A Kremlin spokesperson has denied a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to the US about talks on ending the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported.