Category: Peskov

Kremlin Says No Chance of Ukraine Talks as Zelenskyy Travels to Washington

MOSCOW—The Kremlin said that nothing good would come from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington on Wednesday and that Russia saw no chance of peace talks with Kyiv. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that continued Western arms supplies to Ukraine would lead to a “deepening” of the conflict—something which…


Russia Rejects Zelenskyy Call for Troop Pullout, Saying Ukraine Must Accept ‘Realities’

LONDON—Russia on Tuesday dismissed a peace proposal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that would involve a pullout of Russian troops, saying Kyiv needed to accept new territorial “realities.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said those realities included Russia’s addition of four Ukrainian regions as its “new subjects”—annexations it proclaimed in September but which most countries of…