US President-elect Donald Trump held a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, the Washington Post reported. Trump allegedly advised the Russian leader not to escalate the conflict in Ukraine, and the conversation concerned “peace in Europe.”
According to a person privy to the conversation cited by the daily, Trump was to “advise the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and remind him of Washington's significant military presence in Europe.”
The daily's source added that the leaders talked about achieving peace in Europe, and Trump expressed interest in another conversation about an early end war in Ukraine.
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