Keith Kellogg

President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

After years of firm support, 10 days upended the US approach to Ukraine

As Ukraine approached the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the country’s hoped-for path to a favorable and lasting peace has been upended in a matter of days by the administration of U.S.
 
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)

White House and Ukraine nearing rare earths deal that would tighten relationship, AP source says

 
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)

US envoy praises Zelenskyy after Trump’s censure of the Ukrainian leader

 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to soldiers at the RAF base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, on Dec. 10, 2024.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool File)

European troops, US support are part of an emerging plan for Ukraine. But it faces many hurdles

 
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)

A news conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled as tension rise

 

Zelenskyy greets Trump’s Ukraine envoy for talks but expected press conference cancelled

A news conference that was planned to follow talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was cancelled Thursday as political tensions deepened between the two countries over how to end the almost three-year war with Russia.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?

 
President Donald Trump speaks at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war’s end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (Tetiana Dzhafarova/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia

 
Poland's President Andrzej Duda, left, greets U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellog , right, ahead of talks on steps being taken to end the war in Ukraine, across Poland's eastern border, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president says US assures him it won’t reduce troop levels as he revives ‘Fort Trump’ idea

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday Feb. 17, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

A jolt for Europe in Munich and a critical week ahead as US and Russia are set to meet on Ukraine

 
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade press service, Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire an MRLS BM-21 'Grad' towards Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanised Brigade via AP)

Top Russian and American officials will hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv

 
United States Vice-President JD Vance and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

European leaders want a say in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. The US is brushing them off

 
United States Vice-President JD Vance and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, attends a meeting with United States Vice-President JD Vance on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe’ as EU leaders bristle at new US policies on Ukraine

 
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Trump upends US policy on Ukraine and says he and Putin have agreed to begin talks on ending the war

 
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Marc Fogel, speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Russia releases imprisoned American Marc Fogel in what US calls a step toward the end of Ukraine war

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the briefing with President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calvino in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine and Russia trade long-range attacks as officials probe possibilities for peace

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the briefing with President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calvino in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

White House officials ready to meet with Zelenskyy in Munich for talks on Russia’s war on Ukraine

 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One where he signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine

 
In this photo provided by the Press Service of The President of Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, sits during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP)

Zelenskyy to lead Ukraine’s delegation at Munich Security Conference which JD Vance will attend

 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’

 
First lady Melania Trump looks on as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump leans in on targeting Russian oil revenue as he tries to fulfill pledge to end Ukraine war

 
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of a news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Trump vowed to end the war in Ukraine quickly but Moscow and Kyiv are digging in before any talks

 
Iceland's Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir, left, and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriiy Sybiha stand at the entrance of St. Michael Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Trump’s Ukraine envoy postpones planned trip to Kyiv, top Ukrainian diplomat says

 
Television producer Mark Burnett, left, looks on as President Donald Trump arrives for the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom

 
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, the Admiral Golovko frigate of the Russian navy is seen during drills in the Mediterranean Sea. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russia’s top military officer gave his US counterpart advance notice of Mediterranean Sea drills

 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) annual briefing at Amazon headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Blinken heads to final NATO foreign ministers meeting of Biden administration with Ukraine in focus

 
FILE - Ret. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg speaks to reporters at Trump Tower, Nov. 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump selects longtime adviser Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

 
President Donald Trump arrives at Moffett Federal Airfield to attend a fundraiser, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump reveals short list for national security adviser