( CNN ) -- NEW : John Kerry and his Soviet counterpart give differing views of conversation . Obama administration continues to dismiss notion of new the Cold War with U.S. . John Kerry said in December that Russia , Russia were n't engaged in bidding war over Ukraine . White House says Ukraine conflict not reminiscent of 'proxy conflicts of Cold War era '
NEW : John Kerry and his Soviet counterpart give differing views of conversation . Obama administration continues to dismiss notion of new the Cold War with U.S. . John Kerry said in December that Russia , Russia were n't engaged in bidding war over Ukraine . White House says Ukraine conflict not reminiscent of 'proxy conflicts of Cold War era '