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Biden to speak to Ukraine's Zelenskiy ahead of Biden-Putin summit, Ukrainian official says

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy gestures during his annual news conference at the Antonov aircraft plant in Kyiv, Ukraine May 20, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak by phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday ahead of a summit between Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskiy's chief of staff.

"Today there will be a telephone conversation between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, which will allow us to compare positions on a number of important issues on the global agenda."

Putin and Biden will meet in Geneva on June 16, amid sharp disagreements over election interference, human rights and Ukraine.

(Reporting by Ilya Zhegulev; writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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