He winner of the elections in the United StatesRepublican Donald Trump, spoke by phone this week with the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand advised him not to intensify the war in Ukraine, the newspaper reported exclusively this Sunday Washington Post.
According to the newspaper, Trump reminded the Russian president of the considerable military presence that USA has in Europe and expressed interest in holding follow-up talks to address “Ukraine war resolution soon”.
During the election campaign, Trump said he was capable of reaching an agreement on 24 hours to end the war in Ukraine, but he did not give more details about it and his critics point out that he would be willing to cede part of the Ukrainian territory to Russia, something 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 did not object to that conversation. Since winning Tuesday’s election, the Republican has maintained a 70 calls with world leadersincluding one with Zelensky in which he also participated tycoon Elon Musk.
Trump conducts these telephone conversations from his mansion in Florida without the participation of the State Department, given that the Republican’s team distrusts career officials.
Putin publicly congratulated Trump on his election victory on Thursday, He described him as “brave” for his response to the assassination attempt he suffered at an electoral 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 end the ukrainian crisisdeserves, at the very least, attention,” said the Russian president.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovcalled 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 be able to deliver the remaining $6 billion of the aid approved by Congress.
Trump, who will take office on January 20, has been highly critical of the shipment of weapons to Ukraine.
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