US Department of Defense Spokesman John KirbyWASHINGTON Feb 24 US military keeps communication channels open with Russian counterparts and have no reason to believe that they will close amid the escalation around Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. «We see no signs that these lines of communication … are closed,» he said at a briefing. Kirby recalled about recent contacts between the defense ministers and the chiefs of the general staffs of the two countries.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>
