Report: Trump told Putin not to ramp up Ukraine offensive in call last week

US President-elect Donald Trump advised Russian President Vladimir Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine during a call between the two on Thursday, the Washington Post reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

Trump reminded the Russian leader of “Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe,” the Post reports.

During the election campaign, Trump said he would find a solution to end the war “within a day,” but did not explain how he would do so.

On Friday, the Kremlin said Putin was ready to discuss Ukraine with Trump, but that did not mean that he was willing to alter Moscow’s demands.

On June 14, Putin set out his terms for an end to the war: Ukraine would have to drop its NATO ambitions and withdraw all of its troops from all of the territory of four regions claimed by Russia.

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