Trump and Putin discussed war in Ukraine and Kremlin denies it: “Pure fiction”

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He President-elect of the United States, Donald Trumpspoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin Last Thursday he warned against “escalation” in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing informed sources. According to the newspaper, the two men also discussed the possibility of a new call to “consider the resolution”. war in ukraineAmerican newspaper interlocutors confirm this Kyiv She was informed about the call and “did not object.”

Ukrainian authorities were not informed in advance about a possible telephone conversation between the two. Trump and PutinKiev still does not know whether this happened or not. The spokesperson said this Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhi TykhiThe Kremlin said on Friday that Vladimir Putin was willing to talk with Donald Trump about Ukraine, but that did not mean he was ready to bend to Moscow’s demands that Ukraine drop its ambitions to join. nato and give it Crimea and partially occupied four other areas Russia,

Kremlin denies this

He Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry PeskovDenied Washington Post reports that the two leaders had spoken since the victory Donald Trump“There was no discussion,” he said. Peskov To Russian agencies. He said, “This is a shining example of the quality of information published today, sometimes even in perfectly respectable media. It does not correspond to reality at all. It is complete fiction, it is simply false information. Is.” Is it possible for Moscow to grow hotter faster? Donald Trump He had already claimed during his election campaign that he could end the war ukraine In “24 hours”, without giving specific details about how he will achieve this.

Last Thursday, Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump on his election victory, even praising his bravery during attempted murder against him Butler, Pennsylvanialast July. “He behaved very correctly, bravely, like a man,” he said. PutinThe Russian leader said he welcomed Trump’s claim that he could end the war, but was not aware of his specific proposals.

He Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovshed light on moscow still considers the United States a “hospitable” country and has relations between Russia And usa They are at their lowest level in history. Officially, there is radio silence between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin since the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022. According to an unconfirmed article in the ‘Wall Street Journal’, Donald Trump, as a former president, spoke with the Russian President several times in recent years.

UPDATE: ‘Pure fiction’: Kremlin denies Washington Post reports that Putin and Trump spoke by phone. ‘Euronews’ has not independently verified the WP information.