The US and Russian defense ministers engaged in a rare phone call on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine. This marks the first direct communication between the two powers in over a year. The conversation comes amid heightened tensions following a deadly attack in Russian-annexed Crimea over the weekend, for which Moscow has blamed Washington. The call was confirmed by Moscow's Defence Ministry and reported by news agency AFP.
The U.S. and Russian defense chiefs spoke by telephone on Tuesday in a rare instance of communication between the two powers as tensions rise after Moscow blamed Washington for a deadly Ukraine attack over the weekend on Russian-annexed Crimea. https://t.co/0ktun198dk
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The US and Russian defense chiefs spoke by telephone in rare communication between the two powers and with tensions rising after Moscow blamed Washington for a deadly Ukraine attack over the weekend on the Russian-annexed Crimea https://t.co/5fWKO9i9aN
#NDTVWorld | Russian Minister of Defence and his US counterpart spoke by phone on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine: Moscow's Defence Ministry | reported by news agency AFP