New York Times: US and Russian military commanders discussed Ukraine

According to RCO News Agency, with its dire situation regarding the lack of troops and equipment, Ukraine continues to fight with Russia with the insistence of the country’s president and the full support of the West. A war which, according to military experts and Western media, has brought heavy losses to the Ukrainian side.

The New York Times newspaper claimed in a report: A rare phone call between Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Charles Q. Brown, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, last Wednesday, just a day before Thanksgiving and It was done 6 days after Russia’s operation in Ukraine with medium-range ballistic missiles.

In the continuation of this report, this newspaper writes, quoting the claim of some defense officials and the American army: “During this phone call, General Gerasimov told General Brown that the Orshanik ballistic missile attack would take place before the administration of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, issued a license to use missiles. Long-range was planned for Ukraine in an attack deep into Russian territory.

Following the agreement of Ukraine’s western allies with the country’s use of long-range missiles such as the American “ATACMS” and British “Storm Shadow”, the war in Ukraine, which is in its third year, has entered a new phase of tensions.

These developments and the escalation of tension in the Ukraine war, while Russia has been warning the West for months that if Washington allows Ukraine to fire American, British and French missiles deep into Russia, Moscow will consider those NATO members directly involved in the Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in October that Moscow would respond to Ukrainian attacks with US-made weapons deep in Russia.

He also recently announced the successful test of the latest medium-range Orshnik missile and confirmed that Russia has used a medium-range ballistic missile with multiple warheads.

This action of Russia took place in response to the escalation of tensions by Ukraine, which attacked Russia’s Kursk region with Western long-range missiles, including “Storm Shadow” missiles.

“At the request of General Gerasimov, General Brown agreed not to disclose this call to the media,” Jeral Dorsey, the spokesman for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a statement.

The spokesman added: “The American and Russian generals also discussed and consulted on a number of regional and global security issues, including the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.”

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