The United States will engage in meaningful diplomacy with Russia if Moscow shows willingness to do the same, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with the BBC, TASS reported.

"It depends entirely on President Putin and on Russia. If they show any signs of being willing to engage in meaningful diplomacy, of course, we’ll engage," he said, when asked about the prospects for resolving the situation around Ukraine diplomatically.

"We look to our Ukrainian partners too. They are talking to the Russians, but that’s not producing anything," Blinken added.