The Kremlin on Monday rejected reports that President Vladimir Putin spoke last week with President-elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine, and a spokesman for Trump refused to comment on what he called his “private calls” with world leaders.

A source told Reuters on Sunday that Trump, who has criticised the scale of U.S. military and financial support for Kyiv and said he will end the war quickly, had spoken to Putin in recent days. "This is completely untrue. This is pure fiction, it's just false information," he told reporters. "There was no conversation."

The Kremlin denied reports by Reuters and others that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump in recent days.

Donald Trump has reportedly held a phone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, where the president-elect reportedly encouraged the Russian leader not to escalate the military situation in Ukraine.

The Kremlin on Monday denied that President-elect Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call following the U.S. presidential election last week. The denial came after reporting from The Washington Post and Reuters that Trump and Putin held a phone call on Thursday,

Russia Monday denied a reported call between President Vladimir Putin and US President-elect Donald Trump on the Ukraine conflict and said it saw no signs the West was ready for talks.

US President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone and discussed ending the war in Ukraine amongst many other important topics, according to a media report. However,