The Kremlin on Monday denied a report that Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with President-elect Donald Trump last week, calling it “pure fiction.”
The Washington Post reported on Sunday that Trump spoke with Putin on Thursday and advised the Russian leader not to escalate in Ukraine. “There was no conversation,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “This is completely untrue; it’s pure fiction.”
Peskov said the report was “the most remarkable example of the quality of the information that is published nowadays, sometimes even by quite respected outlets.”
When asked about the report, Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump, declined to comment. “We do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders,” he told BBC.
The Post report said that Ukraine was informed of the Trump-Putin phone call, but a Ukrainian official denied that was the case. “Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false. Subsequently, Ukraine could not have endorsed or opposed the call,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi told Reuters.
Trump campaigned on ending the proxy war in Ukraine, and both he and Putin have signaled that they’re willing to talk with each other on the issue. The Post report said that in the alleged phone call, Trump advised Putin not to escalate in Ukraine and reminded the Russian leader of the US military presence in Europe. The report also claimed that Trump expressed interest in a follow-up call to discuss “the resolution of Ukraine’s war soon.”
Trump plans to end the war in "24 hours" if elected President. So war will be ending soon, certainly by Noon January 21.
Putin can also end the war even faster, you know, he just needs to pull his army out of Ukraine.
What are the odds of Russia giving back Eastern Ukraine?
The same odds that Putin cares about Peace with neighboring countries.
You are right, none. Therefore, war will continue.
The war will end when Ukraine surrenders… Not if – when.
Sure, let Russia invade and annex at will.
No wonder countries want to join NATO.
Mooch off the American tax payer, sure why wouldn’t they?
Exactly, so hate your life. They will continue joining NATO and Russia continue to stop unsuccessfully.
Now, go ahead and cry out Nukes Nukes Nukes.
I’m not hating my life, I celebrate the death of the Nazis you shill for.
A new world is being born and midwifed by Russia. A multi-polar world without a need for the indispensable empire our sad republic has morphed into.
So go cry wolf. Go cry in your beer. Go cry me a river … But for crying out loud just GO!
Where did this report originate, and were they citing unnamed sources, as is usual these days? Either someone published without corroboration, or they're just making shit up. Either way, not a good look.
It is highly unlikely that Putin would talk to Trump before the inauguration. He even congratulated Trump with the election not by phone but during his speech at Valdai club.
Probably this report is a part of neocon campaign of sabotaging the peaceful transition of power from Biden (neocon) administration to Trump.
How the US and NATO provoked War in Ukraine: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856172877688570095
It was also pure fiction when the West told the world, Putin was getting ready to invade Ukraine.
I guess we'll find out eventually and I lean towards this call actually happened.
It was self-fulfilling prophesy. Putin was finally taking the bait.
And so what if the call did happen?
Golly! OH MY! what a dilemma! Who to trust? Who to believe on this slight disagreement with such outstanding examples of [human] integrity as these .
I suggest Trump's not confirming whether the call is false tells us plenty about the man's opportunism and falseness. The "we don't comment on private calls" is more play-acting and striving for glory.
Or more likely just a low level apparatchik who didn’t know if there was one or not.