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Russia's parliament approved treaties with the two breakaway regions in Ukraine's east, a day after Putin announced he was recognising the independence of enclaves controlled by Russian-backed fighters since 2014.
The finance minister was on a two-day post-Budget outreach programme in the country's financial capital, starting Monday.
With an estimated 150,000 Russian troops massed on three sides of Ukraine, the U.S. has warned that Moscow has already decided to invade.
They are among at least 150,000 Russian troops now deployed outside Ukraine's borders, along with tanks, warplanes, artillery and other war materiel.
The substance of the summit would be worked out by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their upcoming meeting planned for February 24.
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be threatening to launch an attack to force diplomacy to resolve intractable issues.
In one of the worst post-Cold War crises, Russia wants to stop Kyiv joining NATO and accuses the West of hysteria, saying it has no plans to invade, while the United States and allies are adamant the military build-up continues.
While Russia accuses the West of hysteria, saying some its troops have returned to bases and that it has no plans to invade, Western countries are adamant that the military build-up is continuing ahead of a possible assault.
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels gave conflicting accounts of Thursday's shelling and the details could not be established independently.
Up to 7,000 more troops have moved to the border in recent days, including some arriving on Wednesday, a senior official in US President Joe Biden's administration said, without providing evidence.