Biden assures European allies ahead of Putin meet

The United States will stand with its European allies against Russia, President Joe Biden has promised ahead of the first face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin of his administration. Biden will head to Europe Wednesday, and is set to attend both the G-7 and Nato summits as well as holding a high-stakes meeting with the Russian leader in Geneva on June 16. In an op-ed for the Washington Post published Saturday, Biden promised to shore up Washington's "democratic alliances" in the face of multiple crises and mounting threats from Moscow and Beijing.