Trump spoke to Putin on Thursday and asked him not to escalate the war in Ukraine. USA Elections

The newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump spoke with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin last Thursday, as revealed this Sunday Washington Post, Citing unknown sources. According to the newspaper, during the first telephone conversation between the two after Trump won the election on November 5, the American advised the Russian President not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of the US military presence in Europe.

According to sources cited by the Capital newspaper, Trump and Putin talked about the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed interest in holding follow-up talks to discuss “a resolution of the war in Ukraine soon.” According to two sources familiar with the matter, the Ukrainian government was informed about the call with Putin and did not object to the conversation. Post.

In his presidential campaign, Trump said he would immediately end the war in Ukraine, although he did not provide details about how he planned to do so. He has privately indicated that he would support an agreement in which Russia would keep part of the conquered territory, and during the call he briefly raised the territorial question, according to Washington Post.

Since winning the election, Trump has been continuously talking to leaders of different countries around the world. In an interview with NBC on Thursday afternoon he said he had spoken to about 70 world leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said that at that time he had not yet spoken to the Russian President, but he was confident that he would.

The call with the Ukrainian president took place on Wednesday and involved him calling his campaign financier and political ally Elon Musk, who is also the founder, boss and main shareholder of SpaceX, the company that manages the satellite network. Starlink. Ukraine is highly dependent on that network for the connectivity of its armed forces.

The call lasted for about 25 minutes. This was possible because the teams of both politicians agreed to establish a permanent dialogue to bring the situation closer, as explained this Saturday by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga during a press conference with the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell .

NATO allies are concerned about Trump’s stance on Ukraine. As a candidate he even said that he would resolve the war within a day or even before taking office. Many fear that, given their ties to Putin, they will be forced to leave the region under threat of having military aid cut off. Trump has repeatedly criticized the aid packages provided by the United States. The Biden government is looking for a way to get all possible military assistance to Ukraine before January 20, when the White House takes over.