MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that there was a pause in peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and accused European countries of hindering a process it said that Moscow remained open to.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have held three rounds of direct talks this year in Istanbul, most recently on July 23, which have yielded several agreements to return prisoners of war and the bodies of the dead. But the two sides remain far apart on what a possible peace deal might look like.

Russia accuses Kyiv of not recognising what it calls “the realities on the ground”, while Ukraine says Moscow is feigning interest in talks while continuing to try to take more of its territory.

Efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to broker a deal have so far come to nothing.

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