New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Trump's peacemaker act facing hurdles? Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations have come to a pause, the Kremlin announced on Friday, accusing European countries of hindering a process it said that Moscow remained open to.

Efforts by US President Donald Trump to broker a deal between Russia and Ukraine, have reportedly not yielded any results so far.

"The channels of communication are in place and functioning. Our negotiators have the opportunity to communicate through these channels. But for now, it is probably more accurate to say that there is a pause," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said about the talks between the two nations.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have held three rounds of direct talks this year in I...