MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Monday denied an American media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President-elect Donald Trump had spoken on the phone last week about the war in Ukraine.

The Washington Post newspaper reported on Sunday that Trump talked with Putin by phone on Thursday, telling him not to escalate the conflict.

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