Did Russian President Putin Threaten Ukrainian President Poroshenko In Their Last Phone Conversation?

Vladimir Putin talking on the phone (archive) © ITAR-TASS/Alexey Druzhinin

Kremlin Confirms Putin-Poroshenko Phone Conversation, Denies Alleged Threats -- ITAR-TASS

The two presidents discussed bilateral relations and the situation in the south-east of Ukraine.

MOSCOW, November 26. /TASS/. The Kremlin has confirmed the instance of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko but dismissed as fiction the rumours of alleged threats by Russia.

“It is true that Putin and Poroshenko talked by telephone on Wednesday evening at Ukraine’s initiative,” Russian presidential press-secretary Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

“Bilateral relations and the situation in the south-east of Ukraine were discussed,” he added.

“Various reports by a number of mass media, in the first place, Ukrainian, regarding the content of the conversation are fiction and have nothing to do with the reality,” Peskov said.

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More News On Wednesday's Phone Conversation Between Russian President Putin And Ukrainian President Poroshenko

Putin, Poroshenko speak on phone about southeast Ukraine: Kremlin -- Reuters
Putin and Poroshenko discuss bilateral ties, situation in southeast Ukraine over phone on Nov 26 -- Russia Beyond The Headlines
Putin menaced Poroshenko with a new attack -- Chapter 97
Kremlin confirms Putin-Poroshenko phone conversation, denies alleged threats: TASS -- iFocus
Kremlin: Putin did not threaten Poroshenko -- Pravda
Kremlin says what Putin and Poroshenko talked about -- Chapter 97

My Comment: What we now know is the following .... there was a Wednesday's phone conversation between Russian President Putin And Ukrainian President Poroshenko .... and someone in the Ukrainian government is leaking a story to the Ukrainian press that threats were issued .... threats that Russia is denying. Beyond that .... everything else is pure speculation. So .... if I may speculate .... Russian President Putin despises Ukrainian President Poroshenko .... and with the humanitarian crisis escalating to a disastrous situation in eastern Ukraine that is impacting millions of people on both sides of the border, my guess is that Putin issued some blunt warnings.