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With the war in Ukraine underway for a month, some U.S. officials have attempted to reach their counterparts in Russia.
But the Russians won’t take their calls.
Included in the snub is Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
You remember Milley — the guy who reportedly let his friends the Chinese know that if former President Donald Trump got crazy, Milley would step in to protect them.
Apparently, Milley doesn’t have the same kind of relationship with the Russians.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby Thursday told Fox’s America’s Newsroom that in the midst of these sensitive times , top Russian military officials are repeatedly rebuffing U.S. attempts to communicate with them.
“We think communications with the Russians is important,” Kirby said, “Particularly now – in fact, now more than ever – to be able to communicate with our Russian counterparts and make sure we can convey our continued concerns about the manner in which they’re prosecuting this unprovoked war.
“We have tried on numerous occasions to connect Secretary [of Defense Lloyd] Austin with his counterpart; Chairman Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has also tried to connect with his counterpart. We’ve made multiple attempts here, but they have not answered up, they’ve declined to take these calls.Is it good that Gen. Milley may not have direct access to the Russian military?“Now I will say, it’s not like we don’t have any communication with the Russians – We could do that through our embassy, we have a defense attaché in Moscow, we have a deconfliction line, of course, that we’re using – it’s not so much for normal comms – but in order to deconflict, especially in that airspace as you get closer to NATO’s eastern flank.“So there are vehicles – we still have military-to-military communications with the Russians — […]
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