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Top U.S., Russian generals spoke by phone following Oreshnik strike

5 December, 2024 Thursday
11:19

The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, called the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Charles Brown. The conversation took place six days after Russia launched Oreshnik missile against Ukraine

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The New York Times reported the information.

The conversation reportedly took place on November 27, a day before Thanksgiving in the United States, and six days after Russia launched a new medium-range ballistic missile, Oreshnik, against Ukraine.

During the call, Gerasimov claimed that the missile launch had allegedly been planned long before the Biden administration authorized Ukraine to use American weapons for strikes deep into Russia.

In response to a journalist's inquiry, Brown's press secretary, Captain Jereal Dorsey, stated that "at the request of General Gerasimov, General Brown agreed to not proactively announce the call." He also noted that Gerasimov and Brown "discussed a number of global and regional security issues, to include the ongoing conflict in Ukraine."

  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin says that Russia tested a medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine's Dnipro on November 21.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia, by using a new ballistic missile, took a second step toward escalation, calling the first step the involvement of military personnel from North Korea.
  • On Sunday, November 24, the Security Service of Ukraine presented unique evidence of another Russian act of aggression by showing the world media the wreckage of the Oreshnik ballistic missile that Russia fired at Ukraine's Dnipro.
  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned that decision-making centers in Kyiv could be targeted by the new Oreshnik missile, which Russia deployed in its attack on Ukraine's Dnipro on November 21.
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