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El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha hablado con el presidente ruso Vladimir Putin y le instó a no escalar la guerra en Ucrania, informó el Washington Post el domingo.
Trump habló con Putin desde su finca Mar-a-Lago en Florida el jueves, solo días después de su sorprendente victoria electoral sobre su rival demócrata Kamala Harris, según el informe.
Los representantes del presidente electo no respondieron de inmediato cuando se les preguntó por AFP para comentar.
El Post, citando a varias personas familiarizadas con la llamada que hablaron bajo condición de anonimato, informó que Trump le recordó a Putin la considerable presencia militar de Estados Unidos en Europa.
Dijeron que también expresó interés en conversaciones futuras para discutir “la resolución pronto de la guerra en Ucrania”.
La elección de Trump se ve como un factor que puede trastocar el conflicto en Ucrania, ya que él insiste en poner fin rápidamente a los combates y pone en duda el apoyo multimillonario de Washington a Kiev.
Los medios estatales rusos dieron la bienvenida a la victoria de Trump, con el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, diciendo: “Las señales son positivas… Al menos habla de paz, y no de confrontación”.
Earlier this week, Putin himself praised Trump for being “courageous” after the attempt on his life in July and said he was “ready” to hold talks.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly vowed to quickly end the Ukraine war — even before he is sworn in to office on January 20 — but has never said how he might do so.
Any quick deal is expected to require Kyiv to cede some of the territory it has lost to Russian invaders in Ukraine’s south and east.
Kyiv, though facing a manpower shortage and uncertainty over US support, has steadfastly opposed such a deal. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that giving up land or meeting other hardline demands would only embolden the Kremlin and provoke more aggression.
People familiar with Thursday’s call said Trump had briefly raised the question of land.
In recent months, both sides in the war have made moves seen as possible efforts to gain leverage ahead of eventual negotiations, with Ukraine seizing a chunk of Russian territory and Moscow’s troops making advances in Ukraine.
This weekend brought the biggest drone attacks yet from both sides.
Russia fired 145 drones at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while Russia said it had downed 34 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow on Sunday.
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