UPDATE 1-Kremlin says peace in Ukraine is still a very long way off

​The Kremlin on ‌Saturday said that ​the United States was in a hurry to clinch a peace deal ‌to end the Ukraine war but that getting to any sort of agreement was a very long way off because the issues were ‌so complicated. Russia and Ukraine confirmed on Friday that they had ‌agreed to a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire that will run from May 9 to May 11, and U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped it would be ⁠extended.

​The Kremlin on ‌Saturday said that ​the United States was in a hurry to clinch a peace deal ‌to end the Ukraine war but that getting to any sort of agreement was a very long way off because the issues were ‌so complicated.

Russia and Ukraine confirmed on Friday that they had ‌agreed to a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire that will run from May 9 to May 11, and U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped it would be ⁠extended. "It ​is understandable that ⁠the American side is in a hurry," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told ⁠state television reporter Pavel Zarubin.

"But the issue of a Ukrainian settlement is ​far too complex, and reaching a peace agreement is a very ⁠long way with complex details," Peskov said. Russian troops have been fighting in Ukraine ⁠for ​well over four years - longer than Soviet forces fought in World War Two, known as the Great Patriotic War of ⁠1941-45 in Russia.

Trump has repeatedly promised to end the Ukraine ⁠war, casting it ⁠as a "stupid" and "crazy" war that is inflicting vast casualties on both sides, but he has yet to ‌achieve ‌peace.