Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week, and Kellogg took to social media on Friday to describe Zelenskyy as a 'courageous leader'.

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy has been canceled.

Kellogg, a retired Army lieutenant general, quoted the Ukrainian president’s post and added that there was “extensive and positive discussions with [Zelenskyy], the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war and his talented national security team.”

The event was originally supposed to include comments to the media by Zelenskyy and retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, but it was changed at the last minute to a simple photo opportunity where the two posed for journalists. They did not deliver ...

Meanwhile, Putin said he would like to meet with Trump.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg would visit Kyiv on 20 February. Source: Interfax-Ukraine with reference to Zelenskyy's video conversation with journalists Quote from Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "We are waiting for Kellogg.

A planned news conference between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and U.S. envoy Kellogg was canceled, shifting to a photo op amid rising tensions over the ongoing war with Russia.

U.S. President's Special Envoy for russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg said he had a positive conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Kellogg

President Donald Trump said he's had "good talks" with Russia's Vladimir Putin but not with Ukraine, and that he's "sick" of how Volodymyr Zelenskyy has handled the war.

Political tensions have deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia.

U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talk during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka ...