Over 19 months, Ukraine’s top military officer, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, and his U.S. counterpart, Gen. Mark A. Milley, spent hours discussing the war.
Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, left, head of Ukraine's armed forces, attends a commemorative event on the first anniversary of Russian's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 in Kyiv. Gen. Mark A. Milley, right, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff inspects troops during a farewell tribute in his honor Sept. 29 in Arlington, Va. KYIV — Shortly after Russia invaded, Ukraine’s top military officer addressed his country’s struggle for survival with Gen. Mark A.
Over 19 months, Zaluzhny and Milley spent hours discussing battlefield developments in regular calls. So far, the United States has funneled more than $40 billion in equipment to Kyiv, becoming the largest donor of military aid. And Milley, in his role as gatekeeper to America’s vast arsenal, represented a lifeline for Ukrainian military leaders as they fought a far larger and better-armed foe.
When Milley pushed back by reading the inventory aloud, there was a long silence. Zaluzhny insisted the numbers were wrong. He stewed for a week but said he ultimately realized that his country’s future deeply depended on close communication. The generals, of course, have an interest in masking disagreements between them, or their governments. Still, the dealings between Milley and Zaluzhny echoed the sometimes chummy and sometimes strained ties between top military officials at consequential moments.When retired American Adm. James Stavridis served as NATO’s supreme allied commander during the Obama administration, he regularly called his Russian counterpart, Gen. Nikolai Makarov.
“That's when I said, ‘Wow,’” Milley said. “These guys are serious guys. And he's just representative of the Ukrainian people in my mind. And he's totally committed to defending his country.”
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