Kremlin denies U.S. claims it is stalling in Ukraine peace talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Interim President of the Republic of Mali Assimi Goita, in Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Tuesday denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine that Russia was stalling in peace talks, adding that Moscow had fulfilled all the agreements reached so far in the negotiations.

Trump’s senior envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said on Monday that “Russia cannot continue to stall for time while it bombs civilian targets in Ukraine.”

Asked about the remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia was grateful to Trump’s team for helping to facilitate talks but that Moscow was not stalling the talks.

“No one is delaying anything here,” Peskov said.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge)