MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s international phone calls scheduled for Thursday evening are unlikely to involve his US counterpart, Donald Trump, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a news briefing.

"No [Putin-Trump] call is currently in the pipeline," he said.

As Peskov started to brief the media on Thursday, he announced that Putin will hold phone calls with global leaders later today.