US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by telephone Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the State Department said, in a call requested by Lavrov that came as Russian attacks across Ukrainian cities killed 21 people. According to a brief State Department statement, the two discussed “the US-Russia relationship, the Russia-Ukraine war, and Iran,” but officials offered no further details about the conversation’s content or outcomes.
State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott released the concise notice of the call and did not provide additional context or timelines. The contact marks a rare direct exchange between senior U.S. and Russian officials amid a day of intensified violence on the ground in Ukraine.
Russian forces launched strikes on multiple urban areas on Tuesday, killing 21 people, prompting sharp condemnation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky denounced Moscow’s “utter cynicism” for carrying out deadly attacks while proposing a truce intended to allow Russia to hold its May 9 patriotic parade.
The call and the day’s attacks underscore the fragile and contradictory dynamics of diplomacy and warfare: limited official engagement at the highest levels alongside continued lethal operations, with U.S. and Russian statements offering only sparse public detail.
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Publish Date: 2026-05-06 04:52:00
