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Heads Of US, Russian Armed Forces Hold Call

SECURITY

The Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov held a call earlier today with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Mark Milley to discuss "international security issues".

  • The two have spoken on a number of occasions in the past, and comes a day after Milley talked to Belarusian Major General Viktor Gulevich yesterday as joint Russo-Belarusian military exercises got underway on 10 February.
  • The call comes as the US continues to warn of the potential for an 'imminent' Russian invasion of Ukraine. UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace - in Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart - warned of 'tragic consequences' should such action take place.

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