The Kremlin on Monday denied that President-lect 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, where the incoming commander-in-chief reportedly advised Putin not to escalate in Ukraine and reminded the Russian leader of the sizable US military presence in Europe.

“There was no conversation. This is completely untrue, it is pure fiction,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, according to TASS, a Russian state-owned media outlet.

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