Assistant to the President and Special Presidential Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "courageous leader" successful a tweet aft President Donald Trump assailed the overseas fig arsenic "A Dictator without Elections" earlier this week.
Kellogg met with Zelenskyy this week.
"A agelong and aggravated time with the elder enactment of Ukraine. Extensive and affirmative discussions with @ZelenskyyUa, the embattled and courageous person of a federation astatine warfare and his talented nationalist information team," Kellogg tweeted.
TRUMP CALLS UKRAINE'S ZELENSKYY A ‘DICTATOR WITHOUT ELECTIONS’ AS RIFT WIDENS
Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House for remark connected Friday but did not person a effect successful clip for publication.
Kellogg's affirmative characterization of Zelenskyy came aft Trump targeted the Ukrainian president connected Truth Social this week.
TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY WAR OF WORDS HEATS UP EVEN AS US LOOKS TO WIND DOWN WAR IN UKRAINE
"A Dictator without Elections, Zelenskyy amended determination accelerated oregon helium is not going to person a Country left," Trump declared successful the post.
America has provided billions worthy of assistance to assistance Ukraine arsenic the embattled Eastern European nation fights Russia.
But Trump is seeking an extremity to the deadly, years-long Russia-Ukraine war.
TRUMP'S FRUSTRATIONS WITH ZELENSKYY ESCALATE AS US TURNS UP PRESSURE ON UKRAINE TO REACH PEACE DEAL
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"In the meantime, we are successfully negotiating an extremity to the War with Russia, thing each admit lone "TRUMP," and the Trump Administration, tin do. Biden ne'er tried, Europe has failed to bring Peace, and Zelenskyy astir apt wants to support the 'gravy train' going. I emotion Ukraine, but Zelenskyy has done a unspeakable job, his Country is shattered, and MILLIONS person unnecessarily died," helium asserted successful the Truth Social post.