Kremlin Praises US Peace Efforts, Rejects Europe's Ukraine Plans

The Kremlin on Wednesday praised efforts by the United States to achieve peace in Ukraine, saying this month's U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska had been "meaningful and necessary."

But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Moscow took a negative view of European proposals regarding security guarantees for Kyiv. He reiterated Russia's longstanding position that no troops from NATO countries should be deployed to Ukraine.