Putin to visit Ukraine soon

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will soon come to Ukraine.

"This visit is being prepared. The exact date is not yet known," Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Ukraine Vsevolod Loskutov told Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.

According to the Web site of the Kyiv Post newspaper, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to meet with Putin in Crimea on June 25.

The Ukrainian presidential administration has not confirmed this information to the agency yet.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea confirmed the report about Putin's visit to Ukraine for the meetings with the country's leadership on June 25-26. The source did not specify the details of the Russian premier's visit.