Ukraine and Russia are ready for peace talks - the future special representative of Trump

I believe that President Trump will fulfill the promise he gave America and the world," Kit Kellogo said. According to General, he believes that a full -scale war is reminiscent of a war on exhaustion. "Imagine a fight in the cage. You have two fighters and both want to stop. You need a referee to share them. And I think President Donald Trump can do it," Kellogo said on Fox Business.

He also did not deny that in early January 2025 he plans to visit Kiev and several other European capitals, as the next presidential administration tries to put an end to the Russian-Ukrainian war as soon as possible. The retired Lieutenant General Kit Kellogg, who should become a special representative of Trump against Ukraine and Russia, does not plan to visit Moscow during this trip, the sources that wished to remain unnamed reported.

Instead, he will visit senior executives in Kiev, and his team is working on organizing meetings with leaders in other European capitals, such as Rome and Paris, sources reported. Planning the trip is still in the completion stage and the route may change. Meetings are expected to focus on the establishment of facts on behalf of the new Trump administration and not in active negotiations, sources said.

However, a planned trip, which should start shortly after the new year, illustrates the urgency that the chosen president gave the termination of the war in Ukraine. Trump promised to finish the war within 24 hours of joining the post, if not before.

Former intelligence and national security staff expressed doubts about the opportunity to carry out such a feat, partly because Russian President Vladimir Putin could have had little reason to sit at the negotiation table, at least on conditions acceptable to official Kiev. The Trump representative did not comment on the planned meetings, but reported that the end of the war in Ukraine remains a priority for the presidential elected.

"President Trump has repeatedly stated that the main priority of his second term will be the fastest negotiations on the peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian war," said Trump's transition spokesman Karolin Libitt. Trump's allies and advisers have put forward or taught numerous plans to end the war in Ukraine, all of which would lead to the fact that Ukraine would give way to Russia a large part of its territory.

Kellogo himself sent Trump a proposal that the front lines will be frozen and NATO membership will be removed from the agenda in the near future for Ukraine. But he also made it clear that his proposal was a starting point and that the new Trump administration was still working on the final plan.

During a private meeting this month between Trump, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron, the US president said that the Ukrainians wanted to sit at the negotiation table immediately. Zelensky stated that Ukraine needed significant security guarantees as a key element of any peace agreement. On Monday, Trump repeated his call for a speedy ceasefire and stated that he would talk to Putin and Zelensky about the cessation of war.