The Russian government backed the aid pause with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters on Tuesday that Washington's decision could act as a spur to a peace agreement.

The anniversary was being marked as U.S. policies on Russia and Ukraine shift under President Donald Trump. Here's the latest: MOSCOW — President Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia does not see any way to resume “dialogue with Europe” after the EU adopted its 16th round of sanctions against Russia on the third anniversary of the invasion.

Russia on Wednesday asked how Ukraine could attend potential talks on ending their three-year war when a Ukrainian decree from 2022 rules out negotiations with President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “is still legally prohibited from negotiating with the Russian side,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says a Ukrainian decree from 2022 ruling out negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin raises the question of who could sit at the table in potential peace tal

Russia said on Tuesday that any normalisation of relations with the United States would require the lifting of sanctions against Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a question about a Reuters report that said the United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked about the U.S. president's comments that Moscow could accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine.

"Unlikely," Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of President Vladimir Putin, told RIA state news agency in response to a question whether the negotiations could start before the two countries' embassies fully reopen.

The US president says he will also consider tariffs on Moscow until a ceasefire and final peace deal with Ukraine reached.

The Kremlin has said that United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio’s view that the Ukraine conflict is a proxy war between the US and Russia is in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s own assessment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is 'legally prohibited from negotiating with the Russian side', Kremlin spokesperson noted on Wednesday. Dmitry Peskov's claim came a day after US President Donald Trump announced during his Congress address that Zelenskyy wrote a letter to him,

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pausing U.S. military aid to Ukraine would be the best contribution to the cause of peace, but cautioned that Russia needed to clarify the details of the move by U.S. President Donald Trump.