{"data":{"id":"fact_cznosqk5vg","thread":{"slug":"russia-ukraine","title":"Russia–Ukraine War"},"occurredAt":"2025-02-12T12:00:00.000Z","recordedAt":"2026-09-02T03:35:29.470Z","title":"Trump-Putin call on Feb 12, 2025 not confirmed by sources","body":"The claim states that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a phone call on 12 February 2025, the first confirmed direct contact in years. However, the provided sources report calls between the two leaders on 5 July 2026, not February 2025. CBS News and CNBC report separate calls by Trump with Putin and Zelenskyy on that date, while Yahoo/AFP quotes the Kremlin confirming Trump offered to help end the Ukraine war. No source mentions a call on 12 February 2025, and the first confirmed contact appears to be later, making the claim's date incorrect.","location":null,"actors":["Donald Trump","Vladimir Putin","Volodymyr Zelenskyy"],"verdict":"DISPUTED","verdictNote":"The claim that Trump and Putin held a phone call on 12 February 2025 is not supported by the provided sources, which report calls in July 2026. Multiple credible outlets (CBS News, CNBC, Yahoo/AFP) confirm separate calls between Trump and Putin and Zelenskyy on 5 July 2026, but none mention a call on the claimed date. The absence of any source for the specific date and the presence of conflicting dates make the claim unverifiable as stated.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-putin-zelenskyy-war-ukraine-russia-call/","title":"Trump holds separate calls with Putin and Zelenskyy on ending war in Ukraine","publisher":"CBS News","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/06/ukraine-russia-kyiv-trump-putin-zelenskyy.html","title":"Trump's calls, Ukraine's strikes and Russia's barrage on Kyiv put markets on alert","publisher":"CNBC","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"},{"url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-offers-help-end-russia-080615553.html","title":"Trump offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war in Putin call, Kremlin says","publisher":"Yahoo","retrievedAt":"2026-09-02"}],"tags":["trump-putin-call","ukraine-war","diplomacy","russia-us-relations"],"views":13,"updatedAt":"2026-09-04T23:09:23.453Z","media":[],"relatedFactIds":[],"url":"/fact/fact_cznosqk5vg"}}