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The American Russia-Ukraine envoy reportedly announced the allies that he proposes 'opts' options of the end of the war to present to President Trump in an attempt to end the war.
Keith Kellogg told us in recent meetings allies that he is preparing options to present to Trump, according to the Semafor news site.
He previously denied reports that he could make a proposal this week at the Munich safety conference.
Donald Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday that he believed that the US made progress to end the war, but refused to provide details about some rumor communication with Vladimir Putin.
Trump has repeatedly said that he wants to end the war and that he will meet Putin to discuss it, although the date or location for a top is still not publicly known.
The Kremlin has just been cryptic in tackling conversations with the US and said today that it could not confirm or deny whether the two leaders had spoken to discuss a way to end the war.
Donald Trump speaks with reporters on board Air Force One on the way to New Orleans, February 9
Asked if he had had a conversation with Putin since he became president on January 20 or earlier, Trump said: “I had it. Let's say I've had it … and I expect to have many more conversations. We have to end that war. '
“When we talk, I don't want to tell you about the conversations,” Trump said.
“There are certainly many sensitive conversations going,” the American national security adviser Mike Waltz told NBC, which suggests that Trump could use sanctions and rates to force Russia's hand.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who spoke with reporters in Moscow, repeated a statement from Sunday about whether there had been a Putin-Trump phone: 'There is nothing else that I can say. I can't confirm or deny it. '
Peskov said on Sunday: “Many different communication arise.”
Although Trump has expressed the reluctance against continuous financial support for Ukraine, he has tried to exchange a new deal that exchanges help to the rare minerals of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy made Overtures to work on such a deal in comments on Reuters on Friday: “If we are talking about a deal, let's leave a deal, we are alone.”
