Secret phone call between Trump and Putin shows unexpected turn in Ukraine situation

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had a phone talk after election results where former US president gave unexpected warning about Ukraine war escalation; their discussion focused on bringing peace back to Europe (although specific details werent shared)

During their talk Trump reminded about US military presence in Europe and brought up the topic of captured Ukrainian territories. A source close to situation said that president-elect doesnt want war to get worse before he takes office — which explains his peace-focused approach

Trumpʼs relationship with Moscow differs from Joe Bidenʼs who hasnt talked to Russian leader in about 2 years. While Ukrainian officials knew about this call they didnt object to it happening. The president-elect keeps saying he can end war quickly but his plans stay unclear: sometimes he hints at stopping Kyivʼs military support (which could hurt their defense badly)

Campaign talks got complicated when Bryan Lanza said Ukraine might need to give up land for peace: “Crimea is gone“; however trumps team quickly denied these words. Putin showed support for ex-president calling him “courageous man“ after shooting at rally 4 months ago

Trump talked during his campaign about how he sees everything through deals‚ that he can make a deal that will lead everyone to peace

Later that day Trump also talked with German leader Olaf Scholz — they discussed US-German relations and agreed to work on bringing peace back to Europe (as Berlinʼs official statement says)