
WASHINGTON/KYIV/MOSCOW - Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, will meet US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on Saturday in Miami, Florida, US media reported.
The meeting comes days after Trump cancelled his plan to meet Putin in Budapest, Hungary and the US Treasury Department announced sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, the two largest Russian oil producers, in a bid to press for a ceasefire deal on Ukraine.
Dmitriev said on social media X that his visit was "planned a while ago based on an invitation from the US side."
The Russian envoy said on CNN on Friday that the sanctions, the first during Trump's second term, would not be a big issue for Russia but lead to higher gasoline prices in the United States, reiterating Putin's position that Russia will never yield to pressure.
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Dmitriev also said he believes a Trump-Putin summit will happen but "probably at a later date."
"The Russia-US dialogue will continue, but it is certainly only possible if Russia's interests are taken into account and treated with respect," he said.
Following a phone call with Putin and a White House closed-door meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week, Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to "stop where they are" to end their conflict.
On Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, and called for "an immediate ceasefire," adding that the White House was prepared to take further actions if necessary.
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Also on Wednesday, Trump confirmed he had cancelled his meeting with Putin in Hungary, saying it "didn't feel right to me."
The United States and its allies have imposed multiple rounds of financial and trade sanctions on Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, targeting Russian banks, defense industries and energy exports.
Russian strikes on Kyiv
One person was killed and 10 others were injured in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital overnight from Friday to Saturday, said a local official.
The attack sparked fires in several areas, shattered windows in residential buildings, and damaged a kindergarten in the eastern part of the city, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said on social media.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that the city was targeted by ballistic missiles.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 62 drones and nine missiles during the overnight assault on Ukraine. Air defense units shot down 50 drones and four missiles.
The strikes marked the second massive attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week.
On Friday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain is speeding up its program to supply more than 5,000 lightweight multirole missiles to Ukraine to bolster the country's air defense during the winter.
In Moscow, the Russia Defense Ministry said on Saturday that air defense systems shot down 281 Ukrainian drones during the past day, including nine over the Moscow region.
"Two guided aerial bombs and 281 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been shot down by air defense systems," the ministry said in a statement.
The defense ministry said Friday that Russian air defense systems have shot down 1,441 Ukrainian UAVs over the past week.
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Air defense systems have downed a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, four cruise missiles, 18 guided aerial bombs, 15 rocket projectiles of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 1,441 fixed-wing UAVs, the ministry said in a statement.
Also on Saturday, a dam on a local reservoir in Russia's Belgorod was damaged in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, a local official said.
"We understand that the enemy may attempt another strike to destroy the dam. If this occurs, there will be a risk of flooding the river floodplain from the Kharkiv region and several streets in our settlements, where approximately 1,000 residents live," Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on social media.
He noted that due to the threat of flooding, the regional government "is beginning to offer temporary shelter in Belgorod to residents who face flood risks and have no other alternatives."
On Friday, Gladkov said that Belgorod had been attacked by 47 drones, 35 of which were shot down and neutralized. Nine civilians were injured, including a 12-year-old boy.
