Russia denies Trump, Putin spoke in recent days: ‘Pure fiction’
Global News
In an unusual move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday no such call had taken place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
The Kremlin dismissed on Monday reports that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days as “pure fiction.”
A source told Reuters on Sunday that Trump, who has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv and said he will end the war quickly, had spoken to Putin in recent days.
The source told Reuters they were familiar with the conversation, first reported by The Washington Post, which cited unidentified sources as saying Trump had told Putin that he should not escalate the Ukraine war.
In an unusual move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday no such call had taken place between Putin and Trump.
“This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, it’s just false information,” he told reporters. “There was no conversation.”
“This is the most obvious example of the quality of the information that is being published now, sometimes even in fairly reputable publications,” he said.
Asked whether Putin had plans for any contacts with Trump, Peskov said: “There are no concrete plans yet.”
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