Keith Kellogg proposed a partition of Ukraine resembling post-WWII Berlin, with the UK and France controlling the western zone, Russia in the east, and a demilitarized buffer zone in between.
This comes after Trump expressed his frustration with Vladimir Putin's response to his administration's efforts to secure a ceasefire deal between Kyiv and Moscow.
US envoy Witkoff proposed giving Russia control over Ukrainian regions for a ceasefire, but this was rejected by Kyiv and US officials. His influence has raised concerns about unclear US policy.
China is reportedly verifing Zelensky's claims and has not yet commented on the issue.
The bleak assessment from Moscow comes amid the disintegration of the tangle of arms control treaties which sought to slow the arms race and reduce the risk of nuclear war.
Pillows, packed into the parcels with the cosmetics and sex toys, contained hidden homemade incendiary devices made of a cocktail of chemicals, including highly reactive magnesium.
I am privileged to have gotten to know hundreds of Russian-speaking olim in their 20s and 30s through my work over the past 15 years.
Regional leaders said that they would not have wished this attack on their worst enemies.
El Al paused flights to Moscow in late 2024, after a Russian missile apparently struck an Azerbaijani passenger plane.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for Russia to be punished for over 183,000 alleged war crimes documented by Ukraine since the 2022 invasion.