The Kremlin confirmed on Monday that talks between US and Russian officials took place in Ankara.
“Such negotiations really took place. It was the American side’s initiative,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russia’s TASS news agency.
According to reports, US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns travelled to Turkey to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service.
Burns reportedly warned Naryshkin of the consequences Russia would face in the event it used nuclear weapons in Ukraine.