Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov may meet with US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker this week, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax..

"The meeting was agreed and planned in the next four to five days," the source said..

He said that the venue for the meeting will change this time.

"The meeting will take place not in Serbia, as before, but, preliminary, in one of the eastern countries," the source said..

According to WSJ, the meeting will be held in Dubai, on Friday evening.

In turn, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin said that the meeting between Volker and Surkov "will be held in the near future".

Earlier, a source familiar with the situation told Interfax that the American side insists on discussing the issue of peacekeepers in Donbass.