US envoy Keith Kellogg says he will not tell Ukraine to accept whatever deal is negotiated by President Donald Trump to end Russia’s war. Kellogg is set to arrive in Ukraine on Wednesday for three days of talks that will include a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Top US officials meet Russian negotiators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first time since Trump blindsided allies by agreeing to launch peace efforts with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The US envoy said that after nearly three years of all-out war he believed that both Russia and Ukraine were ready to call a halt as neither can score a decisive victory on the battlefield. US defence secretary Pete Hegseth poured cold water on Ukraine’s goals of joining NATO or regaining all its territory after Kellogg said that \”everything remains on the table\” in the negotiations. The envoy insisted that his job was to \”facilitate\” a deal that would \”ensure that there are solid security guarantees that Ukraine is a sovereign nation\” European leaders on Monday met in Paris to try to come up with a strategy as fears swirl that they will be left on the sidelines of any talks.
