Top Russian general makes surprise call to US military chief about Mediterranean plans
In an unusual move last week‚ Russias military leadership contacted their US counterparts about planned exercises. The rare communication happened despite cold relations between the nations
In a rare direct contact between military leaders‚ Gen Valery Gerasimov reached-out to Gen CQ Brown about upcoming naval activities. The communication which happened last week broke the usual pattern of silence between both nations military commands.
The Russian side gave a heads-up about their planned missile-launch drills in the eastern Mediterranean (an area thats been getting more attention lately). Its worth noting that such direct military-to-military talks dont happen often these days; the last similar contact was quite a while back.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed this pre-planned discussion: their chief-of-staff wanted to inform the US about naval movements and testing activities. The timing of this communication seems interesting — coming during a period when Moscow-Washington relations arent at their best
