by Ross O’Keefe at Washington Examiner
Russia’s top general called chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q Brown Jr. last week as both countries grapple with a changing war in Ukraine.
Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the architect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, spoke with Brown about how to manage escalation concerns between the two countries.
Russia recently launched a new intermediate-range ballistic missile into Ukraine that has nuclear capabilities. Russian leader Vladimir Putin said the launch was in response to Ukraine’s usage of longer-range weapons supplied by the United States and the United Kingdom.
It’s believed this was Gerasimov’s first call with Brown, at least since he was elevated to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His first call with the top American general since the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, spoke with him in October 2022, the year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., spoke with Chief of Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov by phone on Nov. 27 following a request by the Russian Ministry of Defense,” Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Navy Capt. Jereal Dorsey told the Washington Examiner.
“This was the first time the leaders spoke since…