A conversation between the CIA manager and the head of SWR took place after Tuesday talks between the U.S. and Ukraine and the Kiev-approved proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, determined Axios.
The contact between US and Russian services has been confirmed by SWR itself, which, in a message cited by the Russian media, stated that the heads of service agreed that they would "keep regular contacts in order to advance global stableness and security, as well as to reduce confrontation in relations between Moscow and Washington". The message did not mention the war in Ukraine.
According to Axiosa, the conversation served as a “establishment of a communication line” between the US and Russia and is part of a wider effort by the US administration to improve relations with Moscow
The American envoy will go to Moscow. He's talking to Vladimir Putin.
The conversation between CIA and SWR heads is 1 of a number of anticipated contacts between the US and Russia in the coming days. According to Axios, on Thursday Moscow is visited by U.S. peculiar Envoy for mediate East Affairs Steve Witkoff, who is 1 of the key figures on the U.S. side in the war ending negotiations.
The American typical is to talk to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, US president Donald Trump expressed hope that he would talk to Putin himself later this week. This anticipation was not excluded on Wednesday by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov.
Maro Rubio: We look forward to Russia's response
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that he was waiting for Russia's consequence to the ceasefire. “We are all eagerly waiting for Russia’s response, and we powerfully call on it to end its war,” he said during a conversation with journalists in Ireland, where he stayed briefly on his way back from talks in Saudi Arabia. Diplomat noted that a possible refusal to "disclose the actual intentions of the Kremlin" and that "there is no military solution to this conflict".
Dmitri Pieskov did not talk straight on Wednesday about Moscow's attitude to the U.S. proposal. He said "must first get information" on this subject and expects this to happen during planned talks with Washington representatives.
In an interview published on Wednesday, the Russian Minister for abroad Affairs Sergei Lavrow announced that Russia would avoid compromises that would endanger the lives of people. He besides reiterated that his country would not accept the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine if a lasting peace agreement was reached. MFA spokesperson in Moscow, Maria Zacharova, stated that Russia will “take its own decisions” on the conflict in Ukraine.
