Kiev, Ukraine – A press conference planned to follow consultations between Ukrainian President Voldy Mie Zelensky and President Donald Trump’s envoy of Ukrainians, has revealed political accord between the two countries about how to end the nearly three-year war with Russia It was cancelled on Thursday as tensions deepened.
The event was originally intended to include media comments by Zelensky, but has retired as Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg, but at the very end it was changed to a simple photo opportunity that posed for a journalist. Ta. They did not provide statements or local questions as expected. The change was requested by the US side, said Serhii Nikiforov, a spokesman for the Ukrainian president.
Kellogg’s trip to Kyiv coincided with recent rebuttals between Trump and Zelenskyy, hurting their personal relationships and raising even more doubts about the future of US support for Ukrainian war efforts.
Dozens of journalists gathered at Kyiv’s Ukrainian President’s Office after being invited to take photos with Zelenskyy and Kellogg to observe the press conference. As the meeting began, the photographer and video journalist entered the room where the two men shook their hands before sitting across from each other at the table.
The journalists were then informed that there were no press conferences with comments from leaders or questions from reporters. Nikiforov gave no reason for the sudden change except that it was following our wishes.
The US delegation did not immediately comment. The White House did not immediately answer questions about why the press conference was cancelled.
The two men were to talk about Trump’s efforts to end the war. Zelenskyy previously said he had explained what was going on in Ukraine and was looking forward to showing it to Kellogg.
Kellogg, one of the architects of a solidly conservative policy book that lays out the “America First” national security agenda, has long been Trump’s top advisor on defense issues.
Zelenskyy wrote on the telegram channel and said the meeting with Kellogg was “good conversation, lots of details.” He said he discussed the return of Ukrainian prisoners from security guarantees and Russian custody.
“We must be able to make peace credible and lasting so that Russia can never return in war again,” he wrote. “Ukraine is ready for a strong and truly beneficial agreement with the US President on investment and security.”
Zelenskyy and Trump have recently traded rebels.
Spat broke out after Russia and the US agreed on Tuesday to end the war in Ukraine and begin working to improve diplomatic and economic ties. So Trump suddenly overturned the three-year US policy of isolating Russia.
Zelenskyy was unhappy with the US team starting consultations without inviting him or the European government for supporting Kyiv.
When Trump claimed that Zelensky was deeply unpopular in Ukraine, the president said he lived in a Russian-made “disinformation space,” suggesting he was fooled by Putin.
However, Zelenskyy “holds a fairly high level of public trust” – about 57%, according to a report released Wednesday by the Kyiv Institute of International Sociology.
Trump accused Zelensky of being a “no-election dictator!!” Due to the war, Ukraine delayed the election scheduled for April 2024.
Trump also suggested that Ukraine was blamed on the war.
Russian military mistakenly attempted to justify Putin on February 24, 2022 as necessary to protect Russian-speaking civilians in eastern Ukraine and prevent the country from joining NATO. A complete invasion crossed the border.
On Wednesday, Trump warned Zelensky that he “moved fast” to negotiate the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, or that he would negotiate the risk of not having a leading country.
European leaders quickly threw their support behind Zelensky.
German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz said it was “falsely dangerous” for a country, Kiev’s second largest arms supplier, after the US, to deny Zelensky’s democratic legitimacy.
Ukraine has defended itself against the relentless war of attacks for nearly three years – every day, every day,” Skolts told news outlet del Spieger.
British Prime Minister Kielstarme spoke with Zelensky on Wednesday, expressing his support for him “as a democratically elected leader in Ukraine,” and the Starmars office said it would be “complete to postpone the wartime elections.” “It’s reasonable to.
Meanwhile, Russian officials have been in Washington’s attention and are offering words of support for Trump’s stance.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “the rhetoric of Zelensky and many representatives of the Kiev administration is generally desired.”
“In recent months, representatives of the Ukrainian regime have allowed statements about the heads of other provinces that are often not fully accepted,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
In diplomatic cries, Ukrainian civilians continue to endure Russian strikes. Russia fired 161 Sharp drones and up to 14 different types of missiles in Ukraine from Wednesday to Thursday, according to military authorities.
The Russian glide bomb raided an apartment block in the southern city of Carson on Wednesday night, killing one person and injuring six people, including 14-year-old twins, authorities said.
Odesa’s Nanko also suffered a Russian drone attack on the second consecutive night, leaving 50,000 homes without electricity as winter temperatures freeze, officials said.
