MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. The Russian Foreign Ministry has no contact with the US side, the exception being communication through embassies, which take place on a regular basis, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Wednesday.

"There has been no such contact at all with our ministry, so I have nothing to comment on," she said, "And we, of course, do not include our relations between embassies, which are maintained on a constant basis".

Zakharova noted that Moscow has targeted contact with the US. "Each agency comments on the communication that has taken place, phone conversations, meetings at their discretion if they consider it necessary," she added.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) earlier reported, citing unnamed US and Western officials, that US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan had allegedly held a series of confidential meetings recently with Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev on the unacceptability of nuclear weapons and expanding conflict in Ukraine.