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Kremlin welcomes US ending Ukraine military aid, signals on sanctions relief
The Kremlin on Tuesday hailed Washington's decision to end military aid to Ukraine as the "best contribution to peace."
"It is obvious that the US has been the main supplier of this war so far," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russia's state news agency TASS.
"If the US stops being one or suspends supplies, this will probably be the best contribution to the cause of peace," he said.
Peskov also welcomed reports that the Trump administration was considering the lifting of US sanctions on Russia as part of the normalisation process between Washington and Moscow.
"Of course, if we are talking about normalising bilateral relations, then they need to be freed from this negative burden of so-called sanctions," Peskov said.
But "it is probably too early to talk about anything (...) we have not heard any official statements," he added.
Spooked by Trump's potential intentions to undo the Western sanctions framework on Russia, imposed after the 2022 invasion, EU officials had already signalled that the bloc’s sanctions policy “could evolve independently” of the US over the coming months.
"It is obvious that the US has been the main supplier of this war so far," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, according to Russia's state news agency TASS.
"If the US stops being one or suspends supplies, this will probably be the best contribution to the cause of peace," he said.
Peskov also welcomed reports that the Trump administration was considering the lifting of US sanctions on Russia as part of the normalisation process between Washington and Moscow.
"Of course, if we are talking about normalising bilateral relations, then they need to be freed from this negative burden of so-called sanctions," Peskov said.
But "it is probably too early to talk about anything (...) we have not heard any official statements," he added.
Spooked by Trump's potential intentions to undo the Western sanctions framework on Russia, imposed after the 2022 invasion, EU officials had already signalled that the bloc’s sanctions policy “could evolve independently” of the US over the coming months.