(FILES) This combination of pictures created on November 7, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Fox News Town Hall in Cumming, Georgia, on October 15, 2024, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaking during the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. Trump has spoken to Putin and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on November 10, 2024. Trump spoke with Putin from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on November 7, just days after his stunning election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris, the report said. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage and Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGEALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)