Kremlin says U.S. position ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gives satisfaction


FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Kremlin in central Moscow, Russia, February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/ File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that the position of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on ruling out NATO membership for Ukraine gave Moscow satisfaction, but declined to comment on Trump's hopes for a peace deal this week.

Trump, seeking to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly said he wants to end the "bloodbath" of the three-year conflict in Ukraine - which his administration casts as a proxy war between the United States and Russia.

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