Less than a week ago, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tried to contact Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, but was unsuccessful. This has been reported DEA NovostiWith reference to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
“I don’t know when the last attempt was. I think lately. Less than a week ago. And again there was no interest from the Russians,” he said.
Previously, Kirby, Shoigu and the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov to reject Contact Austin and Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces.
According to him, the United States tried to discuss the situation in Ukraine with its Russian counterparts in order to avoid possible conflicts, but they refused. Kirby also noted that interaction between the heads of United States military departments and the Russian Federation is “vital at this time.”
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The president described the purpose of the operation as “protecting people who have been subjected to eight years of bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime”. The decision to run the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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