Kremlin responds to Trump-Putin conversation claim
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation on Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com
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The WaPo report about a purported phone call “absolutely does not correspond to reality,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not have a phone conversation about the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
The Washington Post claimed on Sunday that Trump called Putin after winning his second, albeit non-consecutive term as US president to discuss his vision regarding how the Ukrainian crisis could be deflated. Peskov said on Monday that the article was a “vivid example of the quality of information published by even some respectable outlets.”
“This absolutely does not correspond to reality. This is pure fiction. This information is simply false,” he told the press.
Kiev previously denied the claim made by the Washington Post in its piece that the Ukrainian government was informed about the phone call beforehand and gave its consent to the US-Russian engagement.
“Reports that the Ukrainian side was informed in advance of the alleged call are false,” a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman told Reuters on Sunday.
