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Putin says he has yet to decide whether he'll attend G20 summit
However, Putin, speaking to reporters in Uzbekistan after a regional summit, said Russia would be represented at the meeting.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shake hands with Indonesia's President Joko Widodo after press conference at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 30, 2022.
(AFP/Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / Sputnik )
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said he had not yet decided whether to personally attend a summit of the Group of 20 nations in Indonesia in November.
However, Putin, speaking to reporters in Uzbekistan after a regional summit, said Russia would be represented at the meeting.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not use tactical nuclear or chemical weapons in the wake of setbacks in Ukraine, in a CBS News interview to air on Sunday.
Ukraine's military drove back Russian forces in a lightning rout in the northeast of the country this week, putting Putin under pressure from nationalists at home to regain the initiative.
Putin has warned that Moscow would respond more forcefully if its troops were put under further pressure, raising concerns that he could at some point use unconventional means like small nuclear or chemical weapons
Asked by a "60 Minutes" reporter what he would say to Putin if he was considering using such weapons, Biden said: "Don't. Don't. Don't. It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War Two," in a clip of the interview released by CBS on Saturday.
Biden said the US response would be "consequential," but declined to give detail. Russia "would become more of a pariah in the world than they ever have been," Biden said. "Depending on the extent of what they do will determine what response would occur."
