Pentagon sets up hotline with Russia to avert Ukraine ‘miscalculation’
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#5WRH3)
US has no troops in Ukraine but it and Nato allies in Europe are worried about potential spillover from Russian invasion
The Pentagon has established a new hotline with Russia's ministry of defense to prevent miscalculation, military incidents and escalation" in the region as Russia's invasion of Ukraine advances, a US official told Reuters on Thursday.
The US says it has no troops in Ukraine but it and Nato allies in Europe are worried about potential spillover, including accidents, as Russia stages the largest assault on a European state since the second world war.
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