(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on July 21, 2021 shows Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) in Riga, Latvia, on October 16, 2019; and US President Joe Biden speaking on June 4, 2021, at the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Convention Center. President Biden plans to speak by phone with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine on January 2, 2022, to reaffirm US support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to a statement released by The White House on December 31, 2021. AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D. C.: President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, will speak by phone on Sunday (Monday in Manila), both sides confirmed, after the US leader again warned that Russia's Vladimir Putin would face a tough response to any invasion of the eastern European country.
