Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has first direct call with Russian defense minister in months

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday morning, his first telephone call with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu since May and the second since Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine in late February.

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