Russia says US is 'invisible hand' driving Ukraine conflict

Russia-Ukraine War: Kremlin said that the United States was driving the Ukraine conflict and welcomed China's growing diplomacy.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the United States was driving the Ukraine conflict and welcomed China's growing diplomacy.

Russia-Ukraine War: A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (AP)

Asked about comments by Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang that an "invisible hand" was driving the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the hand belonged to the United States.