US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone and discussed ending the war in Ukraine amongst many other important topics, according to a media report. However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denied the media report of the phone call between Putin and Trump. After winning the recent presidential elections, Trump has spoken to over 70 world leaders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among the firsts. “The two men discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed an interest in follow-up conversations to discuss ‘the resolution of Ukraine’s war soon,” oneof thepeople said,” The Washington Post said in an exclusive report published on Sunday.

 

One former US official who was familiarwith thePutincall said thatTrumplikelydoesnot want toenterofficewitha fresh crisis inUkraine prompted by Russianescalation,“givinghim the incentive to want to keep the war from worsening,” the daily said.Trumpis scheduled to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025. Ukraine has been informed about the Trump-Putin call.

 

“During the call, which Trump took from his resort in Florida,headvised theRussian President not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of Washington’s sizable military presence in Europe, saida person familiarwith the call, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discussasensitivematter,”The Washington Post reported. However, Kremlin spokesmanPeskovinMoscow said theWesternmediareports of the phone call between Putin andTrump are“untrue”, ‘TASS’ reported. “There was noconversation...Thisiscompletely untrue; it’s pure fiction,”Peskovsaid.Meanwhile, StevenCheung,Trump’scommunicationsdirector, toldPTI hewouldnotcomment on the private calls between President-elect Trump and other world leaders.