US President-elect Donald Trump nominated General Keith Kellogg for the position of special envoy for Ukraine and Russia — former secretary and chief of staff of the National Security Council and one of the authors of the plan to end the war in Ukraine.
«Keith has had an outstanding military and business career, including serving in very important national security positions in my first administration. He has been with me from the very beginning! Together we will ensure peace through strength and make America and the whole world safe again», — Trump wrote on the social network Truth.
80-year-old Keith Kellogg, a retired US Army Lieutenant General, responsible secretary of the National Security Council in 2017–2018, and national security advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, will play a key role in efforts to end the war in Ukraine, writes Reuters.
Kellogg's plan to end the war involves freezing hostilities and forcing Kyiv and Moscow to come to the negotiating table. According to his proposed strategy, the US should tell Ukraine that it will receive more American weapons only if it enters into peace negotiations. At the same time, the US would warn Moscow that any refusal to negotiate would lead to increased American support for Ukraine. The issue of Ukraine's NATO membership will be taken off the agenda for the foreseeable future.
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