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'.

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

Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "courageous leader" not long after Trump blasted the for

Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “courageous leader” not long after Trump blasted the for

These are the updates for Friday, February 21, 2025 as Trump continues to criticise the Ukrainian president, a US ally.

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US President Donald Trump is basing the strategy of ending the war against Ukraine on the need to reset relations with the aggressor country of russia.US

(AP/Srdjan Nedeljikovic) U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, right, and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukraine’s President ...

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.”

Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, believes that a spat between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House last week occurred because the two leaders have "objectives that were clearly not in alignment with one another" regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war.