Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, spoke by phone on subjects of mutual interest, particularly the situation in Ukraine.
The phone call took place on Thursday, according to the Xinhua news agency.
The communication was started by the American side, according to a brief statement from Russia’s Defense Ministry.
During their first phone call since the commencement of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reviewed the situation in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Thursday that Russian forces had “totally wrecked” the eastern Donbas area, accusing Moscow of carrying out reckless bombardments as its operation accelerated.
“The invaders are attempting to apply even more pressure in the Donbas. It’s hell there, and I’m not exaggerating “In a late-night video message, he stated.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova, a former acrobat, is reportedly dating Munich-based ballet dancer Igor Zelensky, who is unrelated to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky despite sharing the same surname.
Putin’s daughter and Igor Zelensky may potentially be expecting a kid. Putin’s daughter traveled to Munich more than 50 times between 2018 and 2019, according to a joint investigation by the independent Russian media source iStories and the German magazine Der Spiegel. Katerina always went on state-chartered planes with staff from Putin’s own presidential security force.