Just a rumor from a Russian news source about Kherson City but I bet a martini it's true:

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3. Remember what President Biden said yesterday

He thought it was interesting that Putin waited until the day after the election to publicly comment on re-starting negotiations. It's apparent that Putin thought he'd be in a better position if the Republicans did as good as everyone said they would in the mid-terms. In that case, biding his time and waiting for a more favorable political climate would be his best move. When the Republicans fell on their collective, insipid faces, Putin was johnny-on-the-spot about want to talk this all out.

Also, in making his observation that the timing of Putin's statement was interesting, President Biden also said his administration knew that statement was coming, a little bit of nuance that the major media kind of skipped over. Biden's way of saying, "I'm still the President, you know" for those in the media with ears to hear.