Donald Trump promised to end wars. And he immediately started working on the Russia dossier. The president-elect and Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone last Thursday, reveals the Washington Post, citing several sources familiar with the first telephone contact that took place after the Republican candidate’s election, on November 5th. During the conversation, which took place while Trump was at his Mar-a-lago resort, the president-elect advised Putin “not to escalate the war in Ukraine, reminding him of the significant American military presence in Europe.”
The two leaders discussed the objective of peace on the European continent and Trump expressed interest in holding new talks to discuss “the resolution of the war in Ukraine in the short term”, the sources told the North American newspaper. According to the Washington Post, the Ukrainian government was informed of the phone call between Putin and Trump and did not object.
Meanwhile, the Kursk front is heating up. The Russian army reportedly gathered 50,000 soldiers, including Russian and North Korean soldiers, before beginning an attack aimed at regaining control of territory confiscated from Ukraine in the Russian region. The New York Times (NYT) reports this, citing US and Ukrainian officials.
Source: IL Tempo
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