“They’ve talked in detail about the defence that Ukraine is trying to do against Russia’s aggression. “These guys have been talking on a very regular basis for about a year now and they’ve gotten to know each other,” Butler said. Ukraine’s troops face fierce fighting in the eastern Donetsk province, where Russian forces – supplemented by thousands of private Wagner Group contractors – seek to turn the tide after a series of battlefield setbacks in recent months.Īrmy Colonel Dave Butler, a spokesman for Milley, said the two generals felt it was important to meet in person. The meeting comes as the international community ramps up military assistance to Ukraine, including expanded training of Ukrainian troops by the US and the provision of a Patriot missile battery, tanks and increased air defence and other weapons systems by the US and a coalition of European and other nations. The two leaders have talked frequently about Ukraine’s military requirements and the state of the war over the past year but had never met. Zaluzhnyi said he outlined his forces’ “urgent needs” on Tuesday with Milley. US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met for a couple of hours with Ukraine’s chief military officer, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, at an undisclosed location in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine. The top United States military officer travelled to Poland and talked with his Ukrainian counterpart face to face for the first time as Russia’s war on Ukraine nears the one-year mark.
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