US envoy to Ukraine hails Zelenskyy as ‘embattled and courageous leader’

Keith Kellogg takes different tone from Trump, who contrasted very good talks' with Putin with cooler relationship with Ukraine's leader

The US envoy to Ukraine, Gen Keith Kellogg, has praised Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war", striking a dramatically different tone from Donald Trump, who has called Ukraine's president a dictator".

Kellogg left Kyiv on Friday after a three-day visit. Posting on social media, he said he had engaged in extensive and positive discussions" with Zelenskyy and his talented national security team". A long and intense day with the senior leadership of Ukraine," he said.