Kremlin responds to report Putin offered to freeze Ukraine conflict

The Russian leader has not made any such proposal to the US, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

A media report suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to the US with an offer to freeze the Ukraine conflict is false, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.

On Tuesday, Reuters news agency claimed that Putin had contacted Washington through intermediaries to propose “a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war.” However, according to three informed Russian sources who spoke to the agency, the US rejected the idea.

When asked by journalists on Wednesday about the report, Peskov responded: “No, this is not true.”