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top US General holds First Call with Russian Counterpart Amid Ukraine war
Washington, D.C. – In a move signaling potential for dialog amid heightened global tensions, General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke by phone last week with General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian General Staff.
This marked the first conversation between the two military leaders.
“The two leaders discussed a number of issues related to global and regional security, including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” a spokesperson for General Brown said in a statement.
The call took place on November 27th. However, at the request of general Gerasimov, General Brown agreed to keep the conversation low-key. The Russian Ministry of Defense initiated the call, according to the spokesperson.
General Brown assumed his role as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year. The last time a Russian Chief of the General Staff spoke with a top US military official was when General gerasimov spoke with General Mark Milley, General Brown’s predecessor.
This development comes as the war in Ukraine continues to dominate global headlines and raise concerns about potential escalation.
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Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in a televised address that Moscow had struck a Ukrainian military target using a new, medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile dubbed “Oreshnik.” He warned that further strikes could follow.
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US and Russia Resume military Dialog Amid Ukraine War
Washington D.C. – In a potential thaw in US-Russia relations, General Charles Q.Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held the first phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian General Staff, last week.
This marks the first direct contact between the two top military leaders amidst the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The call, initiated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, took place on November 27th and covered “a number of issues related to global and regional security, including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” according to a spokesperson for General Brown.
General Brown agreed to keep the conversation low-key at the request of General Gerasimov.
This advancement comes as tensions continue to escalate between Russia and Ukraine, moast recently sparked by Ukraine’s launch of American and British-supplied missiles into Russian territory.This move followed a warning from Russian president Vladimir Putin that further strikes against Ukrainian targets could follow his deployment of a new hypersonic ballistic missile against a Ukrainian military facility.
The last high-level military contact between both nations occurred when General Gerasimov spoke with General Mark Milley, General Brown’s predecessor.
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