
Russia’s goals are clear: Cut off Ukraine from Black sea, seize Odesa, expand influence to Moldova, – Herbst
State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce made this statement during a briefing.
She noted that during the talks, the U.S. and Russian delegations would aim to “make progress on further stabilizing the operations of our bilateral missions.”
Bruce also emphasized that no political or security issues, including Ukraine, are on the agenda for the talks in Istanbul.
“These talks are solely focused on our embassy operations, not on normalizing a bilateral relationship overall, which can only happen, as we’ve noted, once there is peace between Russia and Ukraine,” the spokeswoman added.