Kiriyenko met in Donetsk with the heads of the DPR and LPR

Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, met in Donetsk with the leaders of the DPR and LPR, Interfax reports citing a source.

“During the trip, he held meetings with the leaders of the DPR and LPR, at which issues of interaction with the republics of Donbass were discussed,” the source said.

Earlier, this was reported by the WarGonzo project, according to which Kiriyenko was accompanied by the head of the internal policy department, Andrey Yarin, and other employees of the internal political block of the presidential administration.

• Sergei Kiriyenko oversees domestic policy in the presidential administration. The DPR and LPR, which partially control the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, have been declared independent states by the Russian authorities.
• The "liberation" of the DPR and LPR is one of the official reasons for the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. In the second half of April, the so-called battle for Donbass began, during which, as it is believed, Russian troops intend to completely take control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• According to Meduza , the presidential political bloc discussed possible scenarios for ending the war through negotiations that would not bring down Vladimir Putin's rating, but did not find such options.