It is reported that three days ago, a phone call between the Pentagon of the Russian Ministry of Defense attracted high attention from Western countries , and the two sides of the call were US Secretary of Defense Austin connected with Russian Secretary of Defense Shoigu. Afterwards, Russia and the United States kept the conversation highly confidential, and media from all sides did not obtain any information from any source, which means it might be unusual; politicians from Austria proposed hypothesis: if what the United States and Russia were talking about before or issued some warnings to each other, these propaganda content would be made public; now all parties are tight-lipped, they may only talk about "interest topics" or other sensitive issues related to the situation in Russia and Ukraine.
23, the Russian Ministry of Defense suddenly issued a warning: Ukraine is planning to use " dirty bomb " and uses this excuse to falsely accuse Russia. The "dirty bomb" mentioned here is a radioactive weapon that does not produce nuclear explosion . It is one of the weapons of mass destruction prohibited by the United Nations Convention; this weapon existed in Russia and Ukraine during the Soviet period, but there were few records of use. After the warning was issued, the Russian Ministry of Defense spoke with French Defense Minister Lekol, Turkish Defense Minister Akar, and British Defense Minister Wallace on phone calls to negotiate issues, which made Europe and the United States even more worried.
Later that day, Russian media reported that they were on the phone with the US Department of Defense again, which was the second time that the two defense ministers had contacted within three days. Russia has released the call records with the defense ministers of France, Turkey and Britain. These defense ministers have basically expressed their "concerns" or refused to intervene in the situation. The British side also refuted Russia's statement. Like last time, the Russian side did not mention the issue of the US-Russian call that the outside world is most concerned about. Only the US Department of Defense has released a small part of the content at the request of all external parties.
US side mentioned that Austin told Shoigu that he "rejected any excuse for Russia to escalate" and also "reaffirmed the value of continuous communication." The US media questioned whether Russia and the United States had talked about "topics of interests" involving Ukraine, and the Pentagon did not respond to this. At the moment when Russia and Ukraine are in a tug-of-war, and the West's economy and energy are increasingly "struggling", they are worried that no matter what consensus the United States and Russia reach, they will waste all their efforts. What is certain is that the United States does not have the same key interests as its allies in Ukraine, and even if the outcome of this conflict will not greatly shake its hegemony, unless the war is out of control and affects Europe and the United States, the Ministry of Defense seeks to cool down again and again.
Also worth mentioning is that these two highly confidential phone calls may have a great impact on the fate of Ukraine. In mid-month this month, US media revealed that during a call between Zelensky and Biden , in the face of the former's request and complaints, Biden warned Zelensky to "not be grateful". His attitude towards the Ukrainian government has changed a lot, which has also caused speculation from many parties. This time, the United States and Russia talked about the issues of "continuous communication" and "not escalating the situation", which shows that they are consistent in their consideration of interests. There is a comment on this: "When it is necessary, the United States will stop the war, because there are certain limits to weakening Russia and weakening European allies. Exceeding this limit will make the former 'crazy' and the latter 'collapse'. No matter which one is, it will not benefit the United States; if the time comes, the war will stop quickly, and Ukraine will become the last victim."
