According to some articles, the White House's national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has held secret talks with Putin aide Yuri Ushakov to avert a US-Russian war.
The Wall Street Journal claimed on Sunday, citing anonymous US and allied sources, that the White House and the Kremlin had reportedly had private, behind-the-scenes discussions over the conflict in Ukraine. The recent covert meetings between senior Russian officials and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan were purportedly conducted to lessen the possibility that the two nuclear-armed giants would accidentally engage in a broader conflict.
"The officials said that U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has been in contact with Yuri Ushakov, a foreign-policy adviser to Mr. Putin. Mr. Sullivan also has spoken with his direct counterpart in the Russian government, Nikolai Patrushev, the officials added," according to WSJ.
"The aim has been to guard against the risk of escalation and keep communicatio...