{"id":69205,"date":"2024-06-25T20:17:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/25\/pentagon-head-speaks-with-russian-counterpart-for-first-time-in-a-year\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:10:40","slug":"pentagon-head-speaks-with-russian-counterpart-for-first-time-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/06\/25\/pentagon-head-speaks-with-russian-counterpart-for-first-time-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon head speaks with Russian counterpart for first time in a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Russia\u2019s defense minister \u2014 the first such conversation in 15 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced the call in a briefing Tuesday, saying Austin initiated the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe secretary emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid Russia\u2019s ongoing war against Ukraine,\u201d Ryder said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has blamed the U.S. for an attack on Crimea \u2014 a Ukrainian peninsula Moscow seized in 2014 \u2014 in which Ukraine used ATACMS missiles supplied by America. Still considered Ukrainian territory under international law, Crimea is an exception to a U.S. policy that bans Ukraine from shooting long-range weapons into Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned U.S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy for a scolding over the attack, which killed at least four and left more than 150 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRetaliatory measures are certain to follow,\u201d the ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/MFARussia\/20864\" target=\"_blank\">said in a post on Telegram.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time Austin spoke with Russia\u2019s defense minister \u2014 then Sergei Shoigu \u2014 was March 15, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3330335\/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iiis-phone-call-with-russian-min\/\" target=\"_blank\">According to a Pentagon readout<\/a>, the two discussed \u201cunprofessional, dangerous, and reckless behavior by the Russian air force in international airspace over the Black Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day before, a Russian jet had crashed into an American surveillance drone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eucom.mil\/pressrelease\/42314\/russian-aircraft-collides-into-us-unmanned-system-in-international-waters\" target=\"_blank\">forcing it down over international waters.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrei Belousov, the new defense minister, was appointed this May in a major shakeup within the Kremlin. 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