In negotiations with Ukraine in the United Arab Emirates, Russia raises the level of its delegation, - Bloomberg.
The composition of the meetings, which are due to begin on Tuesday, suggests that Moscow may be willing to focus on political issues as well as the situation on the battlefield.
The Russian delegation will include Lavrov's deputies, Selhi Ryabkov and Mykhailo Glozin, the head of military intelligence Ihor Kostyukov and a senior officer in the General Staff Yuri Zhigerlovsky, the delegation will be headed by Volodymyr Medinsky. Optimists say Moscow is determined to find a way out of the impasse, realists say Russia is once again miming the search for compromises, because Putin believes everything is going according to plan.