Polyansky assessed the negotiation process on Ukraine

There are no contacts on Ukraine on the UN platform, and the organization itself can hardly become an intermediary in the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. This was stated to Izvestia by the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitriy Polyansky.

On the St. Petersburg account: why did Witkoff fly to Russia for the third time in two months

Putin received Trump's special envoy at the Presidential Library in the Northern Capital.

"So far everything is going on in negotiations with the United States," the Russian diplomat stated. 'So far everything is going on in a bilateral format. We have not interrupted the bilateral dialog with the United States on the work of the UN."

On April 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with U.S. leader Donald Trump 's special envoy Steve Witkoff.