Senior US-Russian military commanders talk for the first time since the Ukraine war
This is the first conversation between two senior US and Russian military officials since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24.
A statement from the Joint Chiefs of Staff said: “The two countries’ military leaders discussed a number of common security issues and agreed to maintain lines of communication.
Miley’s interview with Grasimov comes six days after US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
This was the first meeting between the two countries’ defense ministers since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Associated Press reported on the meeting between the US and Russian defense ministers that US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu lasted an hour but did not resolve any issues of the Ukraine war.
According to the American media, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu finally talked to his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on Friday after months of refusing direct contact, but officials said that this call did not seem to indicate a change in the Moscow war in Ukraine. Be.
“While Austin believes the one-hour conversation was important in trying to keep the lines of communication open, it failed to resolve any acute issues or make any changes to what the Russians are doing,” a senior Pentagon official said Friday. They say, did not lead.
The call – at the request of the Pentagon – is the highest level of US government contact with a Russian official since the start of the Ukraine war in late February. Milli, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has refused.
The President of Russia on February 21, 2022 (March 2, 1400) criticized the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns and recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in the Donbas region.
Three days later, on Thursday, February 24, 1400, Putin launched a so-called “special operation” against Ukraine, shifting tensions between Moscow and Kiev to a military confrontation.
The war in Ukraine has entered its third month and the reactions to the Russian invasion and the sending of weapons to this country continue. Moscow has warned that military equipment provided by the United States and Europe to Ukraine could escalate the conflict in Ukraine and have unpredictable consequences.