President of the European Commission of the European Union (EU), Ursula von der Leyen, met with the US Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, and told him that the EU is ready to work with the US to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

“She also expressed the EU's willingness to work alongside the US to end the bloodshed and help secure the just and lasting peace that Ukraine and its people rightfully deserve,” the European Commission added in a readout on the aforesaid meeting in Brussels.

In addition, von der Leyen “reiterated that any resolution must respect Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, backed by strong security guarantees. (…). As the President made it clear: now is a critical moment,” the European Commission added.