The Kremlin has denied reports that claimed US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, where the American leader reportedly urged Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov cast the media reports as “pure fiction” and said Putin has no specific plans to speak to Trump at present. This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction; it’s just false information. There was no conversation,” Peskov told reporters.
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“This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information being published now, sometimes even in fairly reputable publications,” Peskov said. Asked if Putin had plans for any contacts with Trump, Peskov said: “There are no concrete plans yet.”
The Washington Post reported that Trump held the call from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Thursday, just days after his stunning election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
The Post, in a report quoting several people familiar with the call who spoke based on anonymity, said Trump reminded Putin of the US military’s sizeable presence in Europe. They said he was also interested in further conversations to discuss “the resolution of Ukraine’s war soon.”
Reuters news agency also reported the call, citing sources not authorized to disclose their identities to the media. Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung has declined to confirm the exchange, writing to AFP that “we do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders.”.
