For the first time since the beginning of the war, the head of the Pentagon spoke with Shoigu and made an important statement

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had a telephone conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. They spoke for the first time since the start of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Austin called for a ceasefire on the territory of our country.

This was reported in the Pentagon, reports Reuters.

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On Friday, May 13, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with Sergei Shoigu and called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

In addition, Austin stressed the importance of maintaining lines of communication.

It is noted that this was the first conversation between Austin and Shoigu since February 18.

Scholz called Putin for the first time since the beginning of the war and set him three conditions

On May 13, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is their first conversation since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They discussed the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations over the war. Scholz noted that the conversation was quite long. Scholz announced this on his Twitter page.

So, Putin and Scholz discussed the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia over the war. The President of the Russian Federation believes that they allegedly “blocked by Kyiv”. In addition, Scholz and Putin raised the issue of evacuating civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

The German chancellor and the Russian president also discussed three important things. First, Scholz noted that in Ukraine there must be an early ceasefire.

Secondly, “the claim that the Nazis are in power in Ukraine is false.”

And the last thing Scholz said to Putin – on Russia’s responsibility for the global food situation.

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