Kremlin: accusations that Russia behind Kiev blast are 'baseless'

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks on the phone before a session of the Council of Heads of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Sochi, Russia October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Accusations that Russia was involved in an explosion in Ukraine's capital that killed two people and injured a member of parliament are baseless and hysterical, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

"Beyond all doubt, these are new signs of this anti-Russian campaign which has unfortunately swept across Ukraine and Kiev," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters.

Ihor Mosiychuk, a Ukrainian lawmaker, was wounded in the explosion in Kiev that killed two people. He blamed Russia on Thursday for the blast that Ukrainian officials called an act of terrorism.

(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)