Reports claim Trump advised Putin not to escalate war with Ukraine, Putin calls it "FAKE NEWS"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Trump and Putin spoke in recent days, said the source.
46% : Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
24% : The Washington Post first reported the call had taken place, citing unidentified sources, and said Trump had told Putin that he should not escalate the Ukraine war.
18% : Trump has criticized the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv, vowing to end the war quickly, without saying how.
11% : Asked whether Putin had plans for any contacts with Trump, Peskov said: "There are no concrete plans yet."Ukraine's foreign ministry said it was not informed in advance of the call between Trump and Putin and subsequently could neither endorse nor object to it.
8% : President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and advised him not to escalate the Ukraine war, a source familiar with the conversation told Reuters on Sunday, as President Joe Biden plans to urge Trump not to abandon Kyiv.

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