US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Washington Post reports, citing sources.
Trump called the Russian president from his resort in Florida on Thursday. The US president-elect advised Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him of the significant US military presence in Europe.
Trump expressed interest in further conversations to discuss "a quicker resolution to the war in Ukraine" and briefly raised the issue of territories.
Recently, the politician said that he had already spoken to about 70 world leaders since the election.
The Ukrainian authorities were informed about Trump's call to Putin, and there were no objections.
- This week, Trump and Zelenskyy spoke.
- Afterwards, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that a meeting between the two leaders was planned.