US President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Vladimir Putin last Thursday and warned him against “a climb” in Ukraine, reported Sunday on Washington Postciting informed sources.
The two men also reportedly discussed the prospect of a new appeal for “review the resolution” of the war in Ukraine.
The interlocutors of the American daily affirm that Kyiv was informed of the call and “did not object“.
Ukrainian authorities were not informed in advance of a possible telephone conversation between Trump and Putin, Kyiv still does not know whether it took place or not. This was stated by the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Heorhiy Tykhiy.
The Kremlin said on Friday that Vladimir Putin was ready to discuss Ukraine with Donald Trump, but that did not mean he was willing to change Moscow's demands that Ukraine give up its ambitions. join NATO and cede Crimea and four other territories partially occupied by Russia.
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Donald Trump already boasted during his election campaign that he could end the war in Ukraine in “24 hours,” without providing concrete details on how he would achieve this.
Last Thursday, Vladimir Putin congratulated Mr. Trump on his electoral victory, even going so far as to praise his courage during the assassination attempt on him in Butler in Pennsylvania last July.
“He behaved very correctly, courageously, like a man” said Mr. Putin.
The Russian leader added that he welcomed Mr. Trump's assertion that he could end the war, but that he did not know Mr. Trump's concrete proposals.
The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitri Peskovstressed that Moscow still regards the United States as a country “enemy” and that ties between Russia and the United States were at their lowest point in history.
It is officially radio silence between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin since the Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022. According to an unconfirmed article from the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump spoke several times with the Russian president in recent last years as former president.
Euronews has not independently verified the WP's information.
