Putin recently said that Trump’s claim that he could help end the war in Ukraine ‘deserves attention at least’
BBC NEWS | Published November 12, 2024
The Kremlin has denied media reports that US President-elect Donald Trump held a call with Vladimir Putin, in which he is said to have warned the Russian president against escalating the war in Ukraine.
The call, which was first reported by the Washington Post on Sunday, is said to have happened on Thursday.
Trump is also reported to have mentioned America’s extensive military presence in Europe to Putin.
A Kremlin spokesperson said the reports were “pure fiction”, while Trump’s team told the BBC that it would not comment on the president-elect’s “private calls”.
Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung told the BBC: “We do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders.”
But he said leaders have begun the process of contacting the president-elect.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied a conversation had taken place.
“This is completely untrue, it is pure fiction. That is, this is simply false information. There was no conversation,” Peskov said.
Russia’s denial comes days after Russia and Ukraine launched their largest drone attacks since the start of the war.
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SOURCE: www.bbc.com
RELATED: In Call, Trump Urged Putin Not to Escalate in Ukraine
NEWSMAX | Published November 12, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation said, but the Kremlin on Monday denied the two had spoken.
A source told Reuters on Sunday that Trump, who has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv and said he will end the war quickly, had spoken to Putin in recent days.
The Washington Post first reported the call had taken place, citing unidentified sources, and said Trump had told Putin that he should not escalate the Ukraine war.
But, in an unusual move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday no such call had taken place.
“This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, it’s just false information,” he told reporters. “There was no conversation.”
“This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is being published now, sometimes even in fairly reputable publications,” he said.
Asked whether Putin had plans for any contacts with Trump, Peskov said: “There are no concrete plans yet.”
Trump spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wednesday.
Asked about the purported Trump-Putin call, Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director, said: “We do not comment on private calls between President Trump and other world leaders.”
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SOURCE: www.newsmax.com
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