No direct link between diesel deal and Russia’s stance on Ukraine: Kremlin

A Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday that he did not see a direct link between a potential deal on Russian diesel exports and Moscow’s stance on the Ukraine’s peace talks.

The spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was commenting , which said US President Donald Trump’s envoys told Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations on a Ukraine settlement.