Trump issues stern warning to Putin in phone call
President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
🚨New: President-elect Donald Trump had a phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday this week to discuss the war. Trump told Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine.
Via: The Washington Post pic.twitter.com/ntR9ESAxvQ
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Trump advised Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe”.
It’s happening 👀
Trump already getting to work ending the conflict in Ukraine and establishing peace on the European continent!
Washington Post are reporting that Trump had a phone call with Putin and told him not to escalate.
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During the election campaign, Trump said he would find a solution to end the war “within a day,” but did not explain how he would do so.
Trump had also spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday, according to media reports.
On Friday, the Kremlin said Putin was ready to discuss Ukraine with Trump but that did not mean that he was willing to alter Moscow’s demands.
On June 14, Putin set out his terms for an end to the war: Ukraine would have to drop its NATO ambitions and withdraw all of its troops from all of the territory of four regions claimed by Russia.
Ukraine rejected that, saying it would be tantamount to capitulation, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has put forward a “victory plan” that includes requests for additional military support from the West.
