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Joint Chiefs Milley: We Have Video Evidence Of Russian Aggression

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon following today's Ukrainian Contact Group meeting, has declined to substantially elaborate on a call with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier today as the fallout continues from the downing of a US drone over the Black Sea.

  • Austin said he wouldn't "speak for" Shoigu but said it is "important to be able to pick up the phone and engage each other."
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said he is not sure if the Russian jet intentionally collided with the US drone.
  • Milley, however, said that he knows the "aggressive behaviour was intentional," and the "initial intercept" was intentional, but is "not currently sure" if the collision was intentional.
  • On the aggressive behaviour of the Russian jets, Milley said: "We have video evidence of all that."
  • Milley declined to comment on whether the incident could be consider an 'act of war:' "I'm not going to go there."
  • Milley says there has been a "pattern of behaviour" recently from Russia which has complicated "deconfliction" channels designed to keep Russian and US militaries from coming into contact with each other.
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon following today's Ukrainian Contact Group meeting, has declined to substantially elaborate on a call with Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu earlier today as the fallout continues from the downing of a US drone over the Black Sea.

  • Austin said he wouldn't "speak for" Shoigu but said it is "important to be able to pick up the phone and engage each other."
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said he is not sure if the Russian jet intentionally collided with the US drone.
  • Milley, however, said that he knows the "aggressive behaviour was intentional," and the "initial intercept" was intentional, but is "not currently sure" if the collision was intentional.
  • On the aggressive behaviour of the Russian jets, Milley said: "We have video evidence of all that."
  • Milley declined to comment on whether the incident could be consider an 'act of war:' "I'm not going to go there."
  • Milley says there has been a "pattern of behaviour" recently from Russia which has complicated "deconfliction" channels designed to keep Russian and US militaries from coming into contact with each other.