The Kremlin has confirmed that an explosion occurred on the Crimean Bridge, as reported by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday that a second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine was useful despite Kyiv's attempt to disrupt them by staging attacks Putin considered terrorism,

The Kremlin was commenting after Russia told Ukraine at peace talks in Turkey on Monday that it would only agree to end the fighting if Kyiv gives up big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army, demands Ukraine has repeatedly rejected.

Russia has not responded to our document outlining Ukraine's vision for ending the war,” Sybiha said. “We sent it ahead of the meeting. During the meeting, our delegation asked the Russians what were their considerations.

The Kremlin said Tuesday that negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine were "extremely complex" and that it would be wrong to expect any sudden breakthroughs, adding that it was waiting for Kyiv's reaction to its proposals.