MOSCOW - Russia remains ready for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, but European countries and the government in Kyiv have shown reluctance to do so, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media Sunday.

"Russia has continued to state that we are ready for a peaceful settlement. And we also hear that Trump, after all, has been consistently talking about the need to sit down at the negotiating table. From this, we conclude that he still maintains his political will," Peskov told the Russia-1 TV channel.

However, Peskov said the Europeans and Kyiv are showing no willingness to move in that direction.

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov also said Sunday that Europe's "belligerent stance" toward Russia is difficult to overcome, even with US efforts.

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Ushakov said the agreements reached between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska serve as a "guiding star" for both countries in pursuing a settlement in Ukraine and the foundation for a possible resolution.

Meanwhile, a woman was killed after a Ukrainian drone attacked a vehicle in the Rylsky district of Russia's Kursk region, regional governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Sunday.

A drone attacked a civilian vehicle on the road section between the villages of Lomakino and Akimovka in the Rylsky district. "There were four people in the car. To our profound sorrow, a 40-year-old woman was killed at the scene as a result of the attack," Khinshtein wrote on his Telegram channel, adding that the other three passengers were unhurt.

He urged people to refrain from traveling to the border areas.

Earlier in the day, a Ukrainian drone struck a passenger bus in Gorlovka, Donetsk region of Ukraine, resulting in six civilians being injured, the city's mayor said on Sunday.

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Ivan Prikhodko, mayor of Gorlovka, said on his Telegram channel that "a Ukrainian drone hit a bus in a residential district of Gorlovka" and that "the number of injured civilians has risen to six," Russia's state-owned RIA Novosti news agency reported.

The Defense Ministry said Sunday that Russia has shot down 72 Ukrainian drones and other projectiles over the past 24 hours.

Russian air defense systems intercepted nine US-made HIMARS rockets, one Neptune long-range cruise missile, and 72 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the ministry said in a statement.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod Region, said the region continued to face heavy drone attacks over the past day. Ukrainian forces targeted 12 municipal districts with about 130 UAVs, killing one civilian and injuring three others, he said.

Gladkov also said that 52 settlements came under Ukrainian fire during the same period. At least 34 projectiles were launched, and 129 UAV attacks were recorded, with 45 of the drones shot down or neutralized over the region.