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From: Neeka	10/25/2022 6:35:35 PM
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Russia's Shoigu Holds Second Call With U.S. Defense Secretary in Three Days By Reuters \| Oct. 23, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with graduates of military academies on the eve of the 81st anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in World War Two in Moscow, Russia June 21, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERSReuters (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry of calls with three other counterparts from NATO countries. Moscow provided no details on the conversation with Austin, which came after the two men spoke on Friday for the first time since May. Its readouts on the other calls said Shoigu had said the situation in Ukraine was worsening. "They discussed the situation in Ukraine which is rapidly deteriorating," the Russian defence ministry said of Shoigu's call with French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu. "It is trending towards further uncontrolled escalation." Shoigu spoke separately to Turkey's defence minister, Hulusi Akar, and Britain's Ben Wallace. Shoigu's ministry said he had told his French, Turkish and British counterparts of Moscow's concern that Ukraine could detonate a "dirty bomb" - a device laced with radioactive material. Russia has provided no evidence to substantiate such a claim. Previous Russian assertions that Ukraine might resort to using banned weapons such as biological arms have stirred concerns in the West that Moscow might be preparing to stage "false flag" attacks and blame them on Kyiv. The Pentagon's readout of the call said Austin told Shoigu he "rejected any pretext for Russian escalation." Austin also "reaffirmed the value of continued communication." The White House National Security Council in a statement said it rejected Shoigu's false allegations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory. "The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation," it said. usnews.com

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