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Kremlin appears to reject Trump's claim that Putin is open to European peacekeepers in Ukraine

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (Photo by Presidential Executive Office of Russia via WikiCommons)

The Kremlin on Tuesday appeared to reject US President Donald Trump's claim that his Russian counterpart would allow European troops to be deployed to Ukraine as peacekeepers, Reuters reported.

Asked about Trump's comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred reporters to an earlier statement by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Moscow would view European troops on the ground in Ukraine as a "direct threat" to Russia's sovereignty.

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