Trump’s special representative for Ukraine plans to visit Kyiv in January. The mass media reported the details

In early January, US President-elect Donald Trump’s new special representative to Ukraine will travel to Kyiv and several other European capitals as the next administration tries to quickly end the Russian-Ukrainian war. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the words of two sources familiar with the plans of the trip UNN.

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who is slated to become Trump’s special representative on Ukraine and Russia, does not plan to visit Moscow during the trip, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss personal matters.

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Instead, he will visit senior executives in Kyiv, while his team is working to arrange meetings with leaders in other European capitals such as Rome and Paris, the sources said. Planning for the trip is still being finalized and the route could change, one of the sources warned.

According to the publication, the meetings are expected to focus on “fact-finding” on behalf of the new Trump administration, rather than active negotiations, the sources said. However, the planned trip illustrates the urgency the US president-elect places on ending the war in Ukraine.

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Trump has promised to end the war within 24 hours of taking office, if not sooner. Former intelligence and national security officials have expressed doubt about the possibility of achieving such an outcome, in part because Russian President Vladimir Putin may have little reason to sit down at the negotiating table, at least on terms acceptable to Kyiv.

A representative of Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment, as did representatives of the Ukrainian and Italian embassies in Washington. The media could not immediately contact a representative of the French Embassy in Washington.