Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has accused European leaders of attempting to derail US president Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
He said the European “war party” is trying to sabotage the diplomatic process launched by the US and Russia to end the Ukraine conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special economic envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has also accused the EU of deliberately undermining US-led peace efforts in Ukraine. He said that European leaders of prolonging the conflict with “impossible demands”
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In a series of posts on X Dmitriev urged the bloc to “drop Biden’s failed logic” and “stop sabotaging a real peace process.” He wrote: “EU warmongers exposed… Even Washington now sees it – EU leaders are prolonging the conflict in Ukraine with impossible demands”.
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RT reports: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have for months floated the idea of sending a joint military contingent to Ukraine in a so-called peacekeeping capacity if Kiev and Moscow reach a truce or peace deal. Moscow has strongly opposed the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine in any role.
On Sunday, Peskov said the stance of the “European war party” is “in stark contrast to the approach pursued” by Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“The Europeans are hindering the [peace] efforts,” as part of their strategy to “contain” Russia, the Kremlin spokesperson told journalists.
He added that certain NATO member states have been encouraging Ukraine to refuse to negotiate with Russia in good faith – a strategy that “will do no good to the Kiev regime.”
“Russia is still ready to settle the [conflict] by political-diplomatic means,” Peskov said, but Kiev has to show reciprocity for the hostilities to end.
Last weekend, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov argued that European nations “don’t want peace” in Ukraine, citing their reaction to the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska earlier this month.
Last week, speaking to reporters after a follow-up meeting between the US president and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, as well as several European leaders at the White House, Macron insisted that Europe “will need to help Ukraine with boots on the ground.”
Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Romania, and Croatia have ruled out taking part in the mission.
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that a significant proportion of the EU population is “opposed to any deployment that places troops in harm’s way.”
