KIEV, July 19 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev may visit Ukraine on July 31 and have a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Sevastopol, the Sevastopol city council’s press service reported Tuesday.

Medvedev is expected to arrive in Sevastopol, the naval base for Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, to take part in celebration of Russia’s Naval Day, the press service reported.

The office of Yanukovych in Kiev on Tuesday did not answer phone calls to confirm the report.

Yanukovych is currently in Crimea working from his summer residence on the Black Sea, and is not expected to be back to Kiev until the middle of August, people familiar with the issue said.