The Ukrainian Government was not informed in advance of the telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. This was told to Reuters by Georgy Tikhy, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance about the alleged call are not reliable. Consequently, Ukraine could neither approve nor oppose the call.” – Tranquilo said.
The Washington Post previously reported that Kyiv was informed, citing sources. According to their information, the Ukrainian government was aware of the conversation between the two politicians and did not object, since kyiv “has long understood” that Trump would contact Putin to seek a diplomatic solution.
As WP discovered, the future American president advised Putin not to escalate the conflict with Ukraine and reminded him that important American armed forces were deployed in Europe. The interlocutors also added that the politicians discussed ways to achieve peace and Trump expressed interest in continuing talks to clarify ways to “quickly resolve the war in Ukraine.”
Trump spoke to 70 world leaders two days after the Nov. 5 election. Among them was Vladimir Zelenskyparticipated in the conversation with him. Elon Musk. WP sources said the conversation took place in a pleasant tone and Zelensky expressed his gratitude to Musk for the Starlink satellite communication terminals.
“Trump, during his election campaign, said that he perceives everything through agreements, that he can reach an agreement that brings everyone to peace. At least he talks about peace. He does not talk about confrontation, he does not talk about the desire to inflict strategic defeat on Russia. And this distinguishes him favorably from the current administration.” – said the representative of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov.
