Multiple attempts by Washington's top military leaders to speak with their Russian counterparts have been rejected by Moscow, raising fears that a battlefield miscalculation could plunge Ukraine and the world further into crisis. Ever since Russia's , Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have tried to reach Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Gen. Valery Gerasimov by phone.But the Russians are not picking up, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
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