Ukraine’s foreign minister discussed ‘lasting peace’ with US envoy
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US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg (left) and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv on Feb 20.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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KYIV – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Feb 20 that he discussed ways to achieve a just and lasting peace in the conflict with Russia in talks with US special envoy Keith Kellogg.
General Kellogg’s visit to Kyiv comes at a difficult time in diplomatic terms for Ukraine after US President Donald Trump effectively ended Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s political isolation, echoed Russian lines regarding Ukraine.
Mr Sybiha, on social media platform X, said: “I affirmed Ukraine’s willingness to achieve peace through strength and our vision for the necessary steps.”
He reiterated to Gen Kellogg, who arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Feb 19 and said he would “sit and listen” as part of his mission, that the security of Ukraine and the transatlantic “is indivisible”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to meet Gen Kellogg on Feb 20. The envoy already met Ukraine’s army top commander, heads of intelligence and special services.
In the past two days, Mr Trump said Ukraine “should never have started” the war – launched by Russia in 2022 – called Mr Zelensky a “dictator without elections”
Mr Zelensky responded to accusations saying Mr Trump was trapped in “disinformation bubble”, with falsehoods coming from Russia, but later in the day said he was counting on American pragmatism. REUTERS
