Kremlin Says No Putin-Trump Talks Yet After Flight Accidents In Washington

Dmitry Peskov. (Source: Kremlin)

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there had been no contact between Russian and US leaders, commenting on a statement by President Donald Trump who said he had not discussed a deadly aerial crash in Washington with his Russian partner Vladimir Putin.

"Nothing yet," Peskov said briefly, when asked if the two leaders had a recent phone conversation, TASS reported January 31.

Earlier, President Trump was asked if he had contacted President Putin about the accident, because Russian citizens were among the victims, Trump replied: "I haven't, no, not about this."

The media interpret this sentence as a clue that may lead to the fact that conversations have occurred, but with different topics.

It is known that an American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the US Army collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Washington.

The flight was on its way from badminton, Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. On the other hand, there were three members of the military who were in the helicopter.

After the collision, both fell into the Potomac River. So far, 28 bodies from 28 people have been lifted from the water. US authorities said no one had survived.

According to thehirya Eagle newspaper, members of the US junior beautiful skating team also took part in the plane.

A source told TASS, Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won a paired skating world championship for Russia in 1994, also among passengers, as well as Inna Volyanskaya, a bronze medalist in a paired skating bronze medal from the Soviets.

President Trump himself confirmed that a Russian citizen died in the plane crash. US authorities have been in contact with Russia to remove their bodies.