New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- The Kremlin has pushed back against US President Donald Trump's assertion that Russia would accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine, reiterating that such a move would be "unacceptable" to Moscow.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to directly contradict Trump but pointed reporters to an earlier statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who made Moscow's position clear.

"There is a position on this matter that was expressed by the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov. I have nothing to add to this and nothing to comment on. I leave this without comment," Peskov said.

Lavrov had previously warned that Russia would view any foreign military presence-regardless of the flag it operated under-as a direct t...