![]() The White House hasn’t publicly acknowledged any calls between Sullivan and any senior Russian official since March, when he spoke with Patrushev. The Kremlin didn’t respond to a request for comment. The aim has been to guard against the risk of escalation and keep communications channels open, and not to discuss a settlement of the war in Ukraine, the officials said.Īsked whether Sullivan has engaged in undisclosed conversations with Ushakov or Patrushev, National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said: “People claim a lot of things” and declined to comment further. Sullivan also has spoken with his direct counterpart in the Russian government, Nikolai Patrushev, the officials added. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has been in contact with Yuri Ushakov, a foreign-policy adviser to Putin.
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