so again, we feel it was important to make that case and to lay it out there. as for whether it s a lesson learned, i would be careful drawing a direct bright line between these revelations about this program and revelations that we made early on even before the invasion of ukraine. when we believe that information should be in the public, we re going to put it in the public. we re going to we re going to state it as best we can. obviously there s some stuff we know that we re not going to talk about. we believe calling them out publicly for these tests was the right thing to do. the deconfliction line. two things. i take it they have never called the united states, it has all been you calling them, is that right? to my knowledge it has been us using it to check in once or twice a day. reporter: with them.
changed since the war began in that part we don t talk about rules of engagement. david. a couple of questions. can you update us on any uses of the deconfliction line and has secretary austin attempted to communicate with his counterpart, the russian defense minister. and you just said you are helping coordinate assistance. does that include providing airlift from other countries to shipment points? deconfliction line, david, no specific interactions to speak to. in other words, no content has been needed. but we do test it once or twice a day. and that continues and thus far
and so, again, we feel it was important to make that case and to lay it out there. and as for whether it is a lesson learned, i would be careful drawing a direct bright line between these revelations about this program and revelations that we made early on even before the invasion of ukraine. when we believe that information should be in the public, we re going to put it in the public. we re going to we re going to state it as best we can. now obviously there is stuff that we know we re not going to talk about. but we believe that calling them out publicly for these tests was the right thing to do. i want to ask one follow up on the deconfliction line. two things. i take it they have never called the united states. it is all been you calling them, is that right? to my knowledge, it has been us using it to check in once or twice a day. with them? okay. and you said that they know your
exclusive could be apt. this is a face-to-face meeting from last week which was described according to a readout of the encounter joined by cnn. oren lieberman has a read out. talk about when this was. it was a rare meeting between u.s. and russian officials. it is a deconfliction line that s been tested a couple of times a day. a couple of times i didn t as well as from a readout and their recollections and impressions was among others notes that it
capabilities that the north is trying to develop. and so again, we feel it was important to make that case and to lay it out there. and as for whether it s a lesson learned, i would be careful drawing a direct bright line between the revelations about this program and revelations we made early on, even before the invasion of ukraine. when we believe that information should be in the public, we are going to put it in the public, we are going to state it as best we can. obviously there s some stuff we know that we are not going to talk about, but we believe that calling them out publicly for these tests was the right thing to do. let me ask one follow-up on the deconfliction line. i take it they have never called the united states, it s you calling them. to my knowledge, it s us using it to check in once or