A news conference due to follow talks between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg was cancelled on Thursday at the request of the US, Kyiv has said.

       The scheduled comments to the media by Mr Zelensky and retired US Lt Gen Kellogg were called off after their meeting, said the Ukrainian president’s spokesman Serhii Nikiforov.

       Following their talks, Mr Zelensky shared a statement on X, calling their meeting "a good discussion, many important details".

       Meanwhile, Mr Trump's national security adviser has told Mr Zelensky to "tone down" his criticism of the US president and accept the terms of a proposed "peace deal" being worked upon by the US and Russia. Mike Waltz told reporters: "They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal."

       His remarks come after the US reportedly refused to co-sponsor a draft UN resolution marking three years since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The resolution backs Kyiv's territorial integrity and condemns Russian aggression.

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