Posted on 02/21/2025 7:34:03 AM PST by Miami Rebel
President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an “embattled and courageous leader” after meetings in Kyiv on Friday, a notable shift from Trump’s recent attacks on Zelensky.
“A long and intense day with the senior leadership of Ukraine. Extensive and positive discussions with @ZelenskyyUa, the embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war and his talented national security team,” Keith Kellogg posted Thursday morning on the social platform X.
Kellogg, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as a national security official in Trump’s first term, met with Zelensky to discuss the path forward as the Trump administration pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine.
Zelensky wrote on X that the meeting “was one that restores hope, and we need strong agreements with the U.S. — agreements that will truly work.”
“With General Kellogg, we discussed the frontline situation, the need to free all our prisoners of war held in Russia, and the necessity of a clear, reliable system of security guarantees — one that ensures this war never returns and that Russia never destroys lives again,” he added.
The positive dialogue between Kellogg and Zelensky comes as Trump has become increasingly critical of the Ukrainian leader. Trump has in recent days called him a “dictator without elections,” claimed he was doing a “terrible job” and falsely suggested Zelensky was the one who started the war with Russia.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, after amassing troops on the border and demanding a ban on Ukraine ever joining NATO. The invasion took place nearly a decade after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Trump administration officials met with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia earlier this week to start talks about ending the war. Zelensky had expressed frustration that Ukrainian officials were not involved in the discussions.
He’s just waiting for Steiner.
Good cop bad cop.
"Leaders" who dress in erotic leather clothing and gyrate like porn stars...
’embattled and courageous leader’
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That’s code for ‘he’s doing what we tell him to do’.
“embattled and courageous leader” = “unpopular a55hole”
Sounds like they are getting in line. Also Z sought some assurances and that’s fine.
Marco Rubio: JD Vance and I sat down with Zelensky and he left the meeting and started lying about what transpired.
https://x.com/BigFish3000/status/1892944005907812814
Carrot and Stick.
Classic Trump approach to get things done.
He will do the same with Russia to end the war.
This will work, because ending the war is beneficial to both Russia and Ukraine.
Continuing the war is beneficial to China.
Kellogg is on his way out. Not ready for prime time.
Where do these zelenskey worshipping clowns come from? :)
Trump thinks he’s a joke.
And that’s all that matters
Thank God
Here little man....Lean your head on my shoulder....lol
Zalensky is a con man and a grifter. He wants to hold on to the fortune he has stolen and not get executed. That is his must have list. Everything else is posturing.
That one?
Good cop bad cop.
“Zalensky is a con man and a grifter. He wants to hold on to the fortune he has stolen and not get executed.”
Guess how many times in the first weeks of the Russian invasion that Putinists claimed that Zelensky had billions stashed away somewhere and that his wife was ensconced in a mansion in Monaco. Were it true, he could have surrendered, hightailed it out of a war zone, and spent his retirement collecting stamps and Bugattis.
If he really was a grifter, he’d be living next to Viktor Yanukovych’s $50 million bungalow in the village of Barvikha outside Moscow. (For an example of a first-class grift, look up Yanukovych’s previous dwelling, the Mezhyhirya Residence.)
Definite conflict with prevailing ‘peace at any price’ policy.
LOL- its the RINO Hill...
keep an eye on Kellog.
is this guy deepstate?
The little green twerp still hasn’t figured out that he’s not calling the shots and he’s in no position to make demands here.
We, the people, are very tired of listening to Zoo-lensky making demands of our country.
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