Progress has been made, Kremlin insists after Rubio peace talks warning The Kremlin has responded to Marco Rubio's comments earlier today suggesting that the US was ready to walk away from brokering peace between Ukraine and Russia. Rubio said not enough progress had been made, and that there must be positive steps made in the coming days or else the White House would "move on" to other global priorities. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that progress had already been made. "Contacts are quite complicated, because, naturally, the topic is not an easy one," Peskov told reporters. "Russia is committed to resolving this conflict, ensuring its own interests, and is open to dialogue. We continue to do this." Contacts between Putin and Trump are not planned for this week, but if necessary, a conversation can be quickly arranged, Peskov added. Peskov also claimed there are no calls for peace from Europe, which he accused of only talking about militarisation, commenting on the Paris talks this week. Putin's spokesman also cited Russia's public commitment to an energy ceasefire as proof of progress - but as our Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett pointed out earlier, that deal "never formally began". "And with both sides continuing to accuse the other of violating it, 30 days have now passed and the agreement seems to have disappeared without a trace," Bennett said earlier (see our 9.57 post).