Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha and U.S. President’s special envoy Keith Kellogg, who is visiting Kyiv, discussed ways to expand Ukrainian-American cooperation in the defense sector.
Sybiha shared on social media platform X, that the meeting with Kellogg was productive.
“We discussed ways to expand the mutually beneficial Ukrainian-American defense cooperation, welcomed the bipartisan momentum behind the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, and coordinated further steps to increase the cost of war for the aggressor,” the foreign minister wrote.
He reiterated gratitude to former President Trump for his key decision to provide new Patriot systems and other weapons alongside European allies.
“Now is the time to advance peace through strength: expand Ukraine's capabilities and increase transatlantic pressure to force Russia to end its war of aggression,” Andrii Sybiha emphasized.
On July 14, U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg arrived in Ukraine for a visit, holding meetings with several senior Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Ruslan Stefanchuk.