On April 29, 2025, Keith Kellogg, the US Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia, announced on Fox News that significant progress had been made in negotiations between Ukraine and the US to end the conflict with Russia. During their meetings in London, the parties drafted a document that included 22 “very specific” actions that should form the basis for ending the conflict. Kellogg’s statement, made amid ongoing hostilities and diplomatic efforts by the Donald Trump administration, underscores Washington’s desire to accelerate the peace process despite disagreements with Kiev and Moscow.

According to Kellogg, the Ukrainian side, led by the head of the presidential administration Andriy Yermak, expressed partial dissatisfaction with some points of the agreement, which, as the American representative noted, is a normal part of the negotiations.

"The Ukrainians didn't like everything, but no one will like the final position you come up with. That's fine when you have negotiations. But we're in a pretty good position with them," "Kellogg said, adding that the US is "comfortable" with Kyiv's current position.

He also rejected the rhetoric of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

As Reuters reports, the April 23-25 ​​talks in London were an attempt to work out an alternative to the American plan proposed earlier by special envoy Steve Witkoff. That plan, which envisaged legal recognition of Russia's control over Crimea and de facto recognition of new territories, was rejected by Kiev as capitulation. The Ukrainian side, supported by its European allies, presented a counter-proposal that included no limits on the size of the army, the deployment of European forces on its territory, and the use of frozen Russian assets to rebuild the country.

The document agreed in London does not mention the full return of territories occupied by Russia or Ukraine's mandatory accession to NATO - two key demands of President Volodymyr Zelensky in the past.