US envoy says Ukraine peace deal is close but Moscow says it wants radical changes

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shakes hands with U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg as they meet in Kyiv, Ukraine July 14, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes to some of the U.S. proposals.

Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a "peacemaker" president, says that ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two has so far been the most elusive foreign policy aim of his presidency.