“The US is ready to lift sanctions from the Russian Federation for the sake of a peace agreement with Ukraine – ZMI Keith Kellogg has a plan to end the war, which involves freezing the front line and gradually lifting sanctions from the Russian Federation. The plan also includes a demilitarized zone and limited military aid to Ukraine.”, — write on: unn.ua
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As the newspaper writes, Kellogg’s plan, first of all, provides that it should become “the official policy of the United States on cease-fire and settlement through negotiations.”
“It states that future US aid, likely as a loan, will be contingent on Ukraine negotiating with Russia, and that the US will arm Ukraine to the extent that it can defend itself and stop any further Russian advances before and after any peace agreement. These latest assumptions probably date from Moscow’s rapid advance in eastern Ukraine, and the current high level of US aid already causes Kellogg discomfort,” the publication writes.
The plan also states that the front line will be frozen through a ceasefire and the introduction of a demilitarized zone.
“For agreeing to this, Russia will receive a limited easing of sanctions, and a full one only after signing a peace agreement that will please Ukraine. A levy on Russian energy exports would pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Ukraine would not be asked to refuse to return the occupied territories, but it would agree achieve this only through diplomacy. He admits that “this will require a future diplomatic breakthrough, which probably will not happen before Putin will resign,” the publication notes.
At the same time, the publication emphasizes that the freezing of the front line will lead to a very brutal few months, as Moscow will try to seize as much territory as possible. In the past, the Kremlin has ignored ceasefire terms and pursued its territorial goals.
“The demilitarized zone will likely need to be guarded, possibly by placing NATO troops or soldiers from other non-aligned states between the two sides,” the report said.
Kellogg’s plan also calls for more weapons for Ukraine, but he admits that the US will not be able to do that. The plan states that the US produces 14,000 artillery shells of 155 caliber per month, which Ukraine can use in just 48 hours.
“The plan gives Ukraine a welcome chance to end the violence at a time when it is losing on all fronts and experiencing a shortage of basic manpower – an obstacle it may never overcome and one where Russia will likely always be ahead of it. But it starts the process , in which the wily and lying Putin will revel in. Exploiting the ceasefire and the West’s weakness is his forte, a moment he has been waiting for for almost three years. that his arms production is not keeping up with him and that his values are wasteful,” the journalists added.
In addition, the publication notes that this is a bleak compromise for a bleak war. He may not put an end to it, but open a new chapter, when Western unity and support will begin to crumble, while Putin advances, both at the negotiating table and on the front – ever closer to his goals.
We will remind
US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired general Keith Kellogg as his special representative for Ukraine and Russia.
General Keith Kellogg, nominated by US President-elect Donald Trump for the position of special representative for Ukraine and the Russian Federation, declared his readiness to work tirelessly to ensure “peace through strength”.