- Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev met US officials in Washington on Monday for talks.
- Discussions covered possible postwar US-Russia energy projects and cooperation.
- Officials described meetings as constructive, addressing a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
- Visit followed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's meeting with President Putin and talks with Ukrainian officials.
- Talks took place amid intensified daytime Russian jet-powered drone strikes on Kyiv and continued lack of diplomatic settlement.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with US officials in Washington on Monday for talks about future US-Russia energy projects after Moscow’s war against Ukraine, a US government official told AFP.
Kirill Dmitriev and US officials held “constructive discussions on a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and possible US-Russia energy initiatives after the war ends,” the official said Tuesday.
“The visit follows Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s recent meeting with President Putin in Moscow and their discussions last week with Ukrainian officials in NYC,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The latest talks came amid intensified daytime Russian strikes on Kyiv using jet-powered drones that Ukrainian forces are struggling to intercept.
More than four and a half years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and despite the resumption of talks with US mediators, a diplomatic settlement to Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II remains elusive.
