Officials working ‘very hard on ending Russia-Ukraine war’, Trump envoy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed a number of leaders including German vice chancellor and finance minister Lars Klingbeil. Picture: AP

US president Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as a lack of progress fuels doubts about whether a peace settlement could be on the horizon.

Mr Kellogg said in Kyiv that officials are “hoping to get to a position where, in the near term, we have, with a lack of a better term, security guarantees” that address Ukraine’s fears of another invasion by Russia in the future.