Officials who work ‘are very hard to end the Russian-Ukraine War’, said Trump’s envoy

Special Delegation of US President Donald Trump Keith Kellogg said the officials “worked very, very hard” in an effort to end the three -year war between Russia and Ukraine, due to lack of doubt progress about whether the settlement of peace could be in the horizon.

MR Kellogg said in KYIV that officials “hope to achieve a position where, in the near future, we have, with a lack of better terms, security guarantees” that discusses Ukrainian concerns about other invasion by Russia in the future.

“That is ongoing work,” he said about the guarantee of potential security, after attending the Breakfast of the National Prayer for the annual Ukraine together with politicians, business leaders, and diplomats.

A week ago, Trump said he had moved the arrangement for direct peace talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his colleague in Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. But Russian officials have hinted that such a peak will not occur in the near future.

Trump said he hoped to decide on the next step in two weeks if the conversation was immediately not scheduled.

The high -ranking visitor flow to Kyiv in the last few days reflects concerns around the peaceful push led by the US.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Kyiv on Sunday for a meeting with Zelensky, promising two billion Canadian dollars (£ 1.06 billion) in assistance, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was in the capital of Ukraine on Friday.

Deputy Chancellor and Minister of Finance Germany, Lars Klingbeil, arrived in Kyiv on Monday to discuss “how Germany can support Ukraine in the possible peace process”.

Putin spoke on the telephone with Iranian President Masoud Pezishkian on Monday, said Kremlin. Russia and Iran have close relations, and Putin also deepens relations with China, India and North Korea because Western countries have sided with Ukraine in the war.

Putin and Mr. Pezishkian are expected to meet next week when China hosts the Annual Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, in Tianjin.

Mr. Klingbeil, German Deputy Chancellor, told Zelensky that the Ukraine allies had to “talk about what happened if President Putin did not give in, if he wanted to continue the war”.

Germany will continue to stand in Ukraine, he said, echoed sentiment by Norwegian Prime Minister Shop Jonas Gah Gahr the previous day.

Military and civilian support worth billions of Norwegian dollars for the struggle of Ukraine to defeat the Russian invasion will stretch into next year, said the store in Kyiv.

MR Store, whose country is bordered by Russia, said at a press conference with Zelensky that Ukraine “defended the critical principles at the European level” by refusing to accept the confiscation of Russia’s territory.

Analysts say Putin thinks he can last longer than the commitment of the Western government to Ukraine and use his larger troops to capture more Ukraine land while peace efforts are being discussed.

Norway on Sunday promised around seven billion chronones (£ 514 million) to the air defense system for Ukraine. Norway and Germany together funded two Patriot anti-missile systems made in US, including missiles, with Norway also helped get air defense radar, said the store.

Meanwhile, the Ukraine Air Force said Russia launched 104 strikes and bait drones overnight until Monday, targeting the north and east of the country. There are no direct reports of damage or victims.

By the AP reporter