Jake Sullivan, the US president’s national security adviser, at a meeting in Kiev with Volodymyr Zelensky, probed the ground about a possible diplomatic settlement of the conflict with Russia. This was reported by the NBC TV channel, citing sources
NBC, citing two people familiar with the meetings and a Ukrainian government official, reported that at the meeting with Zelensky, Sullivan touched on how the conflict could end and whether it could include a diplomatic solution.
A Ukrainian government official told the TV channel that Sullivan put forward the idea of the need for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine and stressed that Kiev’s leverage would be strengthened, not weakened, if it showed a willingness to negotiate.