with the main goal of deescalating the situation along the russia/eukraine border. nic, when is this main reply from russia expected? and what more is it going to say? reporter: it s expected when president putin thinks it s the right time to announce it. that s what the kremlin spokesman said today. today we got a couple insights into what s going on. obviously the phone call today the foreign minister here and the state news agency here is reporting that the main topic of the conversation is going to be america s response to russia s proposals. we know the letter that came in here delivered by the u.s. ambassador last week to the russian foreign ministry, that s going to be the main top tic of conversation. the state agency goes on to say this is important that the lavrov may make comments to the press after that phone call, potential opportunity for