Kellogg noted two key issues that are preventing a peace agreement on Ukraine from being concluded

US presidential envoy Keith Kellogg has said that two main unresolved problems remain on the way to a peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian war. These are the belonging of the Donbas territories and the future of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. He said this at the Ronald Reagan National Defence Forum. Ronald Reagan.

According to Kellogg, these are the points that block the progress of peace talks. He stressed: if these issues can be resolved, "the rest will fall into place quite nicely."

A White House administration official confirmed that the development of a plan to end the war is ongoing, but it is too early to reveal details. He expressed confidence that the conflict was approaching its final stage.

The last 10 metres to the target are always the most difficult. That is where the main contradictions arise. And I believe that we are now in those last 10 metres," Kellogg said.

According to Kellogg, the stumbling blocks remain:

• The territories of the Donetsk region, the status of which is the most controversial.

• The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, whose management is now "in a frozen state."

He noted that it is extremely difficult to agree on these issues - the positions of the parties remain irreconcilable.

There are a couple of key problems: Donetsk region, Zaporizhzhya and the situation around the ZNPP. If we solve these two issues, everything else will be much easier," he summarised.

Kellogg also emphasised that the scale of the war in Ukraine is "unprecedented".

The Soviet Union left Afghanistan after losing 20,000. We left Vietnam after losing 12,000. Russia and Ukraine lost more than two million. These are terrible figures, so we need to put an end to the conflict," he added.