(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 06, 2022 shows
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow, on February 23, 2021. – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a rare phone call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on January 6, 2022 about upcoming talks between the two sides in Geneva over Moscow’s military buildup on the Ukrainian border, the Pentagon said. (Photo by Alexei Druzhinin and Rod LAMKEY / various sources / AFP)