<p>Moscow: Certain countries will make "titanic efforts" to disrupt the meeting US President Donald Trump announced on Friday with Russian President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> for August 15, Russia's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Saturday.</p><p>Trump had said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. </p><p>The contents of the deal have yet to be announced, but it could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory - an outcome many European nations oppose. Dmitriev accused unnamed countries of seeking to prolong the war.</p> .Big brother watching? Russia' FSB accused of using local internet provider to spy on foreign embassies in Moscow.<p>"Undoubtedly, a number of countries interested in continuing the conflict will make titanic efforts to disrupt the planned meeting between President Putin and President Trump," he said in a post in his Telegram account, specifying that by efforts he meant "provocations and disinformation".</p><p>Dmitriev did not specify which countries he was referring to or what kind of "provocations" they might undertake.</p><p>The Kremlin earlier confirmed the summit. The two leaders will "focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis," Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding: "This will evidently be a challenging process, but we will engage in it actively and energetically."</p>
<p>Moscow: Certain countries will make "titanic efforts" to disrupt the meeting US President Donald Trump announced on Friday with Russian President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/vladimir-putin">Vladimir Putin</a> for August 15, Russia's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Saturday.</p><p>Trump had said earlier that Russia and Ukraine were close to a ceasefire deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year conflict. </p><p>The contents of the deal have yet to be announced, but it could require Ukraine to surrender significant territory - an outcome many European nations oppose. Dmitriev accused unnamed countries of seeking to prolong the war.</p> .Big brother watching? Russia' FSB accused of using local internet provider to spy on foreign embassies in Moscow.<p>"Undoubtedly, a number of countries interested in continuing the conflict will make titanic efforts to disrupt the planned meeting between President Putin and President Trump," he said in a post in his Telegram account, specifying that by efforts he meant "provocations and disinformation".</p><p>Dmitriev did not specify which countries he was referring to or what kind of "provocations" they might undertake.</p><p>The Kremlin earlier confirmed the summit. The two leaders will "focus on discussing options for achieving a long-term peaceful resolution to the Ukrainian crisis," Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said, adding: "This will evidently be a challenging process, but we will engage in it actively and energetically."</p>