U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker is planning to visit Kyiv and Donbas this week, as he told Voice of America.
In order to get acquainted with the situation in the region, Volker will go to the East of the country on Jan. 25 and meet the Ukrainian officials in Kyiv on Jan. 25.
On Jan. 26, he is to meet aide to the President of Russia Vladislav Surkov in Dubai. The parties are to discuss the situation on the conflict in the East of Ukraine, as well as the prospects and possible format of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in the region.