After days of slams and pressure on Ukrainian President Zelensky by top White House officials, Gen. Keith Kellogg praised him as 'courageous' following a joint meeting.

After the US held bilateral talks with Russian delegates in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking from US policy on the Ukraine war, US President Donald Trump chided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a social media post, calling him a "dictator" and baselessly faulting him for causing the war. Zelensky responded by qualifying Trump's comments as "disinformation" from Russia, and called for pragmatism during his meeting with Trump's Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, which is set for Thursday.

Tensions between Zelensky and Trump over the US President's outreach to Moscow have exploded this week in a series of escalating barbs traded in press conferences and on social media. Amid the war of words, Zelensky said Thursday he had held a "productive meeting" with US envoy Keith Kellogg. In the US, some of Trump's team doubled down on their attacks on Zelensky, and VP Vance on Thursday defended Trump's negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

US President Donald Trump has accused Ukraine of talking "tough" but of having few cards to play in negotiations to end Russia's invasion, as he continued his feud with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine did not give public statements following their meeting in Kyiv Thursday, "at the request of the American side" Zelensky's spokesman said. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv

Donald Trump on Friday said he doesn't consider it essential for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be present at negotiations aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called for "strong Ukraine-US relations" after meeting with US envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv on Thursday. Zelensky said the meeting, which came after US President Donald…

President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war with Russia and praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen.…

President Trump on Friday continued to bash President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and pressure him for mineral rights.

Asked at CPAC if he agreed that Volodymyr Zelensky was a dictator, special envoy Rick Grenell indicated that he did - after Elon Musk accused Ukraine's president of 'sending people to the meat grinder for money'

A news conference after talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy was canceled at the request of U.S. officials, a Kyiv official said. More information with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg.

The United States is urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign deal on US access to Ukraine's critical minerals, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz said. Zelensky has refused the offer, saying: "I can't sell our state." The comments in the White House news briefing came shortly after Zelensky wrapped up a meeting with Trump's Ukraine envoy in Kyiv, saying he was ready to make an "investment and security agreement" with the US to end the war.

The New York Post rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a “dictator.” “President Trump: This is a dictator,” the Post’s Friday cover reads with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin.“Today's cover: Mr. President: Putin is THE dictator and 9 ot...

The US held "extensive and positive" talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump’s envoy for war has said.

Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "courageous leader" not long after Trump blasted the foreign official

Donald Trump has said Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy need to ‘work together’.

Relations between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump deteriorated rapidly Wednesday as Zelenskyy said Trump was living in a Russian-made “disinformation space" and Trump called Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections” in comments that were sure to complicate efforts to end the war. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kyiv.