Russia, US and Ukraine are “reasonably close" to reaching a diplomatic settlement to end the war with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said. Russia’s top economic negotiator arrived in the United States on Friday for talks, two days after Washington imposed sanctions on Moscow’s two biggest oil companies.

“Arrived in the US to continue the US–Russia dialogue — visit planned a while ago based on an invitation from the US side," Putin’s top economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on X.

Dmitriev told Russian news agencies that he would convey Russia’s position on the Ukraine war in meetings with Trump administration officials.

“I believe Russia and the US and Ukraine are actually quite close to a diplomatic solution. It’s a big move by President Zelen

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