Moscow has accused US President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration of working against the plans of president-elect Donald Trump to resolve the war in Ukraine.
“During the election campaign, Trump talked about wanting to make peace in some way and was leading everyone down a peaceful path,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian television.
“And now they are doing everything they can to escalate the situation in such a way that peace agreements are doomed to failure,” Peskov said.
Trump, set to take office on January 20, has said he would move to quickly end Russia’s war with Ukraine, which has now been going on for more than 1,000 days. However, he has not yet named any precise plans.
Peskov’s comments come after Biden granted Ukraine permission to use long-range ATACMS missiles from the US against military targets in Russia. Biden also plans to waive some of Ukraine’s debts.