Kremlin adviser: Putin to discuss Ukraine with African leaders - Russian agencies

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues via a video link in Moscow, Russia, July 25, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Kremlin via REUTERS/FILE PHOTO

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss Ukraine with a group of African leaders in a working dinner at a summit in St Petersburg on July 28, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov as saying on Tuesday.

Ushakov told Russian media that 17 African heads of state would speak at the Russia-Africa summit, which takes place this Thursday and Friday, the agencies said.