Zelensky says meeting with US envoy has ‘restored hope on deal’

Keith Kellogg, US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, with Zelenskiy in Kyiv.: Andrew Kravchenko/BLOOMBERG

Ukrainian and US negotiators are trying to move past the breakdown in transatlantic relations this week to finalise a deal on critical minerals. Two days after President Donald Trump attacked President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” who needed to move quickly on a peace deal,

Ukrainian officials are discussing the minerals issue with US special envoy Keith Kellogg during a visit to Kyiv, the person said on condition of anonymity as talks take place behind closed doors.