The negotiation had already started, Al Arabiya broadcaster reported earlier.
Chinese state television reported that Mr. Putin told Mr. Xi that Russia was committed to eliminating the causes of the “Russian-Ukrainian conflict.”
Mr Trump spoke with Mr Putin on the phone on Wednesday and agreed to begin negotiations to end the war against Ukraine.
Russia did not explicitly take responsibility for the crash amid speculation that its air defence system downed the plane.
The airline, however, did not provide further details about the nature of the physical and technical interference.
Kirillov, a chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological, and chemical protection troops, was killed outside an apartment building along with his assistant.
Currently, at least 1,672 Ukrainian civilians, including 25 journalists, are being held in detention in Russia.
“Russia’s sovereign assets would be immobilised until Russia ends its aggression and pays for the damage it caused,” Mr Biden stated.
At least five people were killed—two due to a rocket strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih and three others due to drone attacks on Zaporizhzhya.
The flames engulfed a fuel tank, Viktor Masley, head of the civil defence authority in the Ternopil region, told journalists.
