Putin Spokesperson Offers Sharp Response To Reports Of Russian President's Phone Call With Trump

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/6731d49e1f00003400b26b90.jpeg?cache=XhB1P7Hllt&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="The spokesperson for Vladimir Putin rejected reports of a conversation between the Russian president and Donald Trump." data-caption="The spokesperson for Vladimir Putin rejected reports of a conversation between the Russian president and Donald Trump." data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />The spokesperson for Vladimir Putin rejected reports of a conversation between the Russian president and Donald Trump.</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vladimir Putin’s </a>spokesperson has rejected the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-told-putin-not-to-escalate-ukraine-war-reports_uk_6731b3eee4b052f25adcccd9?peg">reports</a> of a phone call between the <a href="news/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Russian</a> president and <a href="news/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Donald Trump</a> as “pure fiction”.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/10/trump-putin-phone-call-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">According to the Washington Post </a>on Sunday, the US president-elect spoke to Putin on Thursday to discourage him from any further escalation in the <a href="news/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukraine</a> war.</p><p>He reportedly reminded Putin of the US’s sizeable military presence in Europe, while also showing interest in discussing the “resolution of Ukraine’s wa