KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv on Monday that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as a lack of progress fuels doubts about whether a peace settlement could be on the horizon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that Russia's statements claiming it is ready not to advance further into Ukraine are not concessions. Source: Zelenskyy during a meeting with German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil,

The Ukrainian leader stressed that Ukraine acts on its own terms and does not wait for “goodwill gestures” to defend itself. “When Russia wants to seize Sumy, our Armed Forces appear in Kursk. When the enemy strikes our energy system,