The winner of the elections in the United States, the Republican donald trumpspoke this week by phone with the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand advised him not to intensify the ukrainian warthe newspaper reported exclusively this Sunday Washington Post.
According to the newspaper, Trump reminded the Russian president of the considerable military presence that the United States has in Europe and expressed his interest in holding follow-up talks to address “Ukraine war resolution soon.”
During the election campaign, Trump said he was able to reach an agreement in 24 hours to end the war in Ukraine, but he did not give more details about it and his critics point out that would be willing to cede part of Ukrainian territory to Russiasomething unacceptable for the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to the newspaper, the Government of Ukraine was informed of the call between Trump and Putin and He did not object to that conversation.
Since winning Tuesday’s election, the Republican has had about 70 calls with world leaders, including one with Zelensky in which magnate Elon Musk also participated.
Trump conducts these telephone conversations from his Florida mansion without the participation of the State Departmentgiven that the Republican’s team distrusts career officials.
Putin publicly congratulated Trump on Thursday for his electoral victory, called him “brave” for his response to the assassination attempt he suffered at an election rally last July and showed himself “willing” to maintain contacts with him.
“What he has said publicly so far (…), what was said about his desire to restore relations with Russia, contribute to ending the Ukrainian crisis, deserves, at the very least, attention”said the Russian president.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, He called Trump’s claim that he will end the conflict in Ukraine “within 24 hours” an “exaggeration.”
The outgoing president of the United States, Joe Biden, plans to accelerate the shipment of weapons to Ukraine in order to deliver before the end of his mandate the 6,000 million dollars remaining aid approved by Congress.
Trump, who will take office on January 20, has been very critical of the shipment of weapons to Ukraine.
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