fact that to a couple of days ago, the secretary of state had indicated that he wanted to talk to sergey la rob about this matter. and obviously high on the agenda was the war in ukraine and debt. the secretary of state has held a press conference in the last hour or so. what more did he say about those discussions? well, the secretary of state also told reporters that to the us and other countries would very much oppose. not just a russian efforts to try to annex of the olu hans gun done. yes. regions of south eastern nol ukraine. but that i any campaign to try to bring in a to russian control any additional ukrainian territory would be vigorously opposed . the secretary of state also said he told us foreign minister law for all of that, it's important to us to make sure that the agreement reached last week to allow ukrainian rein exports to a while. that process to start to not have any russian military interference. as we saw just a day after the deal was reached, of the, of foreign ministries response was that it's because of the u. s. and other countries, military support for ukraine, that

but the fact that he was able to speak directly with sergei la rob, about the fate of w. n. b, a star, brittany griner, and the former us marine paul whelan, who has been convicted of spy charges and has been held in russia for the past 4 years. the fact that that conversation happened, the u. s. considers a significant step forward. now the russian, the u. s has suggested that it might be willing to us swap the russian arms, a merchant, victor boot in exchange for greiner and we lynch freedom. however, the russian foreign minister indicated through the russian foreign ministry spokesperson that the any such discussion a prisoner swabs should be happening behind closed doors, through diplomatic channels, not in public. so we don't know if any progress was made, but certainly our secretary of state blinking was at least as satisfied that he was able to make the case directly to his russian counterpart. roseville, near the u. s. state of arman. thanks. rose ships filled with ukrainian grain, a loaded up and ready to go to black. c ports president floating his zalinski and the