The Pentagon said the chief of staff, the top military chief of staff of the United States and Belarus, had a rare exchange of phone calls today to avoid "miscalculation" on the occasion of a joint military exercise between Belarus and Russia.

The Pentagon said the chief of staff, the top military chief of staff of the United States and Belarus, had a rare exchange of phone calls today to avoid "miscalculation" of the situation in the event of a joint military exercise between Belarus and Russia.

Mili, chairman of the joint meeting of U.S. chiefs of staff, today discussed "important issues" related to regional security with Gurevich, chief of staff of the Belarusian armed forces.

"This phone call facilitated communication between the two leaders to reduce opportunities to miscalculate the situation and gain an opinion on the current security situation in Europe," the Pentagon said in a statement. ”

The statement noted that the two sides agreed to keep the details of the conversation confidential.

Russian tanks today conducted live-fire exercises in Belarus, drawing warnings from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and making the West more anxious to avoid an invasion of Ukraine. The Russian-Belarusian exercise is scheduled for the 20th.