White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly says talks with senior Russian officials continue ‘to reduce risk’; Ukrainian forces anticipate fierce fighting in southern city
At a glance: what we know on day 258 of the invasion
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has been engaged in confidential talks with senior Russian officials and confirmed that “channels to communicate with the Russian Federation at senior levels” remain open between Washington and Moscow.
Speaking at an event at the Economic Club of New York on Monday, Sullivan said it was “in the interests” of the US and every country affected by the war in Ukraine to maintain contact with the Kremlin.
We have done so when it’s been necessary to clarify potential misunderstandings and try to reduce risk and reduce the possibility of catastrophe like the potential use of nuclear weapons,” he said, according to a BBC report.
We in the Biden administration have the opportunity to engage at senior levels with the Russians to communicate, to reduce risk to convey the consequences of the potential use of nuclear weapons. We have not described the channels that we have done in order to protect those channels and I’m afraid I can’t go further than that today.”
We reserve the right to speak directly at senior levels about issues of concern to the United States. That has happened over the course of the past few months. Our conversations have focused only on … risk reduction and the US-Russia relationship.”
Continue reading…White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan reportedly says talks with senior Russian officials continue ‘to reduce risk’; Ukrainian forces anticipate fierce fighting in southern cityAt a glance: what we know on day 258 of the invasionWhite House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has been engaged in confidential talks with senior Russian officials and confirmed that “channels to communicate with the Russian Federation at senior levels” remain open between Washington and Moscow.Speaking at an event at the Economic Club of New York on Monday, Sullivan said it was “in the interests” of the US and every country affected by the war in Ukraine to maintain contact with the Kremlin.We have done so when it’s been necessary to clarify potential misunderstandings and try to reduce risk and reduce the possibility of catastrophe like the potential use of nuclear weapons,” he said, according to a BBC report.We in the Biden administration have the opportunity to engage at senior levels with the Russians to communicate, to reduce risk to convey the consequences of the potential use of nuclear weapons. We have not described the channels that we have done in order to protect those channels and I’m afraid I can’t go further than that today.”We reserve the right to speak directly at senior levels about issues of concern to the United States. That has happened over the course of the past few months. Our conversations have focused only on … risk reduction and the US-Russia relationship.” Continue reading…