Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Russia, US officials hold call

Defence ministers Sergei Shoigu and Lloyd Austin discussed ‘issues of international security’.

A firefighter looks at a part of a wall falling in the middle of a grey apartment bloc with blown out windows
A firefighter looks at a part of a wall falling from the residential building that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine [Leo Correa, File/AP Photo]
By Edna Mohamed
Published On 21 Oct 2022
  • Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has held a phone call with his United States counterpart, Lloyd Austin, where the pair discussed “issues of international security”.
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appears to be “much softer and more open to negotiations” than in the past.