Kirill Dmitriev, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's special envoy, has said he has been conveying a message from Putin during his ongoing US visit, claiming that pressure on Russia will not succeed.

Source: European Pravda, citing Dmitriev in a video on Telegram

Details: Dmitriev said that the Russian delegation has been in the United States for three days, where it has been "conveying Putin's position on the futility of pressuring Russia".

"We see titanic efforts to disrupt the dialogue between Russia and the US," Putin's envoy said, without elaborating on who he believes is behind such efforts.

He reported that he had briefed unnamed members of Trump's administration on a meeting that Putin held with the Russian General Staff, particularly emphasising the remarks about the supposedly successful Burevestnik cruise missile tests and the encirclement of Ukrainian forces near Kupiansk.

Dmitriev also claimed that he is "conveying" to US authorities that a resolution to what he called the conflict in Ukraine is only possible by "eliminating its root causes", and insisted that the Russian economy is supposedly in good shape.

Background:

• In April, Dmitriev became the first Russian official to visit Washington since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At the time, his visit was seen as a significant step in attempts to establish ties between the Kremlin and the White House.
• Putin's envoy has reportedly been in the US since at least Friday and has reported on having meetings with American officials. The only publicly known meeting was with US Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who frequently echoes Kremlin propaganda.
• Earlier, Dmitriev appeared on Fox News and claimed that Russia, the US and Ukraine are "close to a diplomatic solution" that would end the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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