A senior State Department official says that Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but didn't give any indication that Russia will de-escalate from the Ukrainian border.
Antony Blinken is mentioned in the context of a conversation with Sergei Lavrov regarding tensions at the Ukrainian border.
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