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Sec State Blinken Press Briefing Underway - "Lavrov Call In Coming Days"

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently delivering a press briefing from the Department of State.

  • Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8DYIEKDGI
  • Blinken opens by saying that "President Putin's war has entered its sixth month." Blinken says that Russia has failed in its goal of conquering Ukraine.
  • Blinken says he will speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the coming days for the first time since the war began.
  • Blinken says that he hopes that Russia will follow through on a pledge to provide safe passage for grain in the Black Sea.

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