US not in contact with Russia on settlement in Ukraine, Peskov says

Peskov: there have been no contacts on the part of the United States on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine

There were no attempts by the US to contact Russia on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine at the past APEC summit, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“No,” Peskov said when asked by reporters whether there were no attempts at the APEC summit or through other diplomatic channels to have contacts from the U.S. side regarding the possibilities of resolving the crisis in Ukraine.