Top Ukraine general talks aid, training with US commander of NATO

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Ukraine's top general and the top U.S. Army commander in Europe discussed military aid and training for Ukrainian forces in a telephone conversation on Monday, the eve of a meeting of Kyiv's allies in Brussels, the Ukrainian defence ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement on its Telegram channel that Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, had shared his vision for victory with the commander in chief of Europe's combined NATO forces, U.S. General Christopher Cavoli.