“Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special representative for Ukraine, will visit Kyiv on January 20 — Reuters December 17, 22:16 Share: Keith Kellogg (Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria) Keith Kellogg, who will become the US special envoy for Ukraine, will visit Kyiv on January 20 before the inauguration of Donald Trump and a number of European countries for “fact-gathering”. This was reported by Reuters, citing sources. According to them, the Trapp administration will try “as soon as possible”, — write on: ua.news
Keith Kellogg (Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Keith Kellogg, who will become the US special envoy for Ukraine, will visit Kyiv and a number of European countries before the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20 “collection of facts”. This was reported by Reuters, citing sources.
The Trapp administration will try, they said “to end the Russian-Ukrainian war as soon as possible,” but Kellogg does not plan to visit Moscow during the trip, the sources said.
Instead, he will hold meetings with the leadership in Kyiv, and his team is working on organizing negotiations with the leaders of other European capitals, such as Rome and Paris, the agency’s interlocutors said.
Details of the trip are still being finalized and the route may change. The main purpose of the meetings is expected to be “fact-gathering” for the new Trump administration, rather than “active negotiations.” However, the planned trip illustrates the urgency that the newly elected president attaches to ending the war in Ukraine, Reuters notes.
Trump’s “peace plan” for Ukraine – what is known
On November 6, The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump’s advisers put forward different versions of the plan to effectively freeze the front line in Ukraine. One of them provides for Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO for 20 years.
According to the publication, this plan involves freezing the front line and creating an 800-mile demilitarized zone (almost 1300 km). In addition, it provides for Russia to leave approximately 20% of the territory of Ukraine, which the aggressor country seized.
On November 7, it was reported that the Office of the President of Ukraine doubted the authenticity of this plan.
“In general, it can be said that the real plans of the presidents are hardly announced in the newspapers. And there are always a lot of Russian interjections in the newspapers,” Dmytro Lytvyn, adviser to the president of Ukraine on communication, commented on the publication.
The Economist reported that officials in Ukraine rely on two public formulations of Donald Trump’s “peace plan”.
For its part, The Telegraph reported that Trump’s plan may involve placing European and British troops in a 1,200-kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies.
On December 4, the Reuters agency, citing informed sources, reported that Trump’s team offered three options for a “peace plan”, none of which included Ukraine’s possible accession to NATO.
On December 7, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, having arrived in Paris for the opening ceremony of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, took part in a tripartite meeting with Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron.
On December 8, Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social social network that Ukraine should “immediately cease fire” and called on Kyiv and Moscow to start negotiations.
Zelensky responded to Trump’s call regarding “an immediate cease-fire,” stressing the need to guarantee the reliability of peace.