President Vladimir Putin has told his French counterpart that the West has ignored Russia's security concerns, amid fears Russia could invade Ukraine.
The US rejected a key Moscow demand that Nato rule out Ukraine joining the defence alliance - but insisted it was offering Russia a "diplomatic path".
President Biden says Russia could invade next month. German intelligence says Russia is prepared to attack but has not yet decided to do so.
Russia denies it is planning an attack.
But on Friday Mr Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron the stand-off had not been resolved.
"US and Nato responses did not take account of such key Russian concerns as preventing Nato expansion, non-deployment of strike weapons systems near Russian borders, or returning the alliance's military potential and infrastructure in Europe to positions existing in 1997," a Kremlin readout of the call said.
It is Mr Putin's first comment on the crisis after the US rejected Russia's main demand. He told Mr Macron he would study the US counter-proposals closely before deciding on any further action...
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