WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has been unable to get anyone on the phone at Ukraine's defence ministry over the past several days as violence flared and Kiev named a new head of the armed forces general staff, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
"We haven't been able to connect with anybody from the Defence Ministry there in Ukraine," spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told a Pentagon news briefing.
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