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Too many people ere [sic] DYING, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes as Trump&#8217;s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg denied suggesting the country could be partitioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Times said that, during an interview with the paper, Kellogg had proposed British and French troops could adopt zones of control\u00a0in the west of Ukraine as part of a &#8220;reassurance force&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia&#8217;s army, he reportedly suggested, could then remain in the occupied east. &#8220;You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after World War Two&#8221;, the paper quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kellogg later took to social media to say the article had &#8220;misrepresented&#8221; what he said. &#8220;I was speaking of a post-ceasefire resiliency force in support of Ukraine&#8217;s sovereignty,&#8221; he wrote on X, adding: &#8220;I was NOT referring to a partitioning of Ukraine.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither the White House nor Kyiv reacted to the comments immediately. The BBC has asked the Times for its response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-60506682\"><\/a>Earlier on Friday, European nations agreed \u20ac21bn ($24bn; \u00a318bn) in\u00a0military aid for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the event, Europe&#8217;s defence ministers said they saw no sign of an end to the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahead of the Putin-Witkoff talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was &#8220;no need to expect breakthroughs&#8221; as the &#8220;process of normalising relations is ongoing&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked whether discussions could include setting up a date for Putin and Trump to meet, Peskov said: &#8220;Let&#8217;s see. 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