His defense ministers Russia and from USA they spoke on the phone on Wednesday, the Russian defense ministry said, a day after a U.S. military drone crashed over the Black Sea in an incident that Washington called “dangerous” and “reckless.”

Moscow said the request for contact came from the United States, but did not provide any details of the conversation between them. Sergey Shoigu and its American equivalent Lloyd Austin.

The call comes after Moscow and Washington exchanged accusations after a U.S. military reconnaissance drone crashed over the Black Sea on Tuesday.

The US said the Russian jet broke the propeller of the drone, while Moscow denied it and blamed the incident on “harsh maneuvers” by US aircraft.

Contacts between the top of Russia and Americans officials have been a rarity since Russia invaded Ukraine, and relations between the two sides are at their lowest point in decades.

^{Source: Reuters.}