In Rome, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg.
The Head of State expressed gratitude for Keith Kellogg’s participation in the Ukraine Recovery Conference: the General leads the U.S. delegation.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized Ukraine’s full support for President Trump’s peace initiatives. An unconditional, comprehensive ceasefire and a meeting at the level of leaders are needed to ensure peace negotiations are genuine and effective.
The parties discussed the recent phone conversation between the leaders of Ukraine and the United States. In particular, one of the priority topics was strengthening Ukraine’s air defense amid massive Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.
The President highlighted the importance of signals from Washington about resuming military aid supplies to Ukraine. The meeting also covered strengthening Ukraine’s Defense Forces, prospects for purchasing American weapons, Ukrainian-U.S. defense manufacturing, including joint drone production projects, and localization efforts in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Keith Kellogg paid special attention to maintaining sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation. In particular, the discussion included the Graham-Blumenthal bill, tightening sanctions on the energy and banking sectors, targeting the Russian shadow fleet, and secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil.
