Keith Kellogg will deal directly with Vladimir Zelensky, after he was reportedly ousted from talks with Moscow
US President Donald Trump has appointed Keith Kellogg to lead the talks with Kiev. Earlier, media reports suggested that the retired lieutenant general was ousted from the peace talks with Russia at Moscow’s request – which the Kremlin has denied.
“I am pleased to inform you that General Keith Kellogg has been appointed Special Envoy to Ukraine,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday. He added that Kellogg will lead direct talks with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and senior officials. “He [Kellogg] knows them well, and they have a very good working relationship together,” Trump said.
NBC News and Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources, that Russian officials demanded Kellogg be excluded from peace talks due to his pro-Kiev position. Commenting on the matter, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow has no intention of becoming involved in internal American affairs, so it’s up to Washington to decide who to appoint.
The retired US Army lieutenant general was absent from last month’s Russia-US talks in Saudi Arabia and this week’s US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah, where the delegations proposed a 30-day ceasefire.
On Thursday, US special envoy Steve Witkoff traveled to Moscow to formally present the details of the initiative to Russian officials. Witkoff’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was hailed as “very good and productive” by Trump.
Putin expressed support for a potential 30-day ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict, but has raised concerns regarding how it can be implemented. He also offered the Ukrainian forces encircled in Russia’s Kursk Region time to surrender, guaranteeing them their lives and dignified treatment.
Regarding ties between Moscow and Washington, the Russian president acknowledged the Trump administration’s efforts to rebuild them, but said the process remains challenging. “We know the new administration, headed by President Trump, is doing everything to restore at least part of what was practically reduced to zero, destroyed by the previous American administration,” Putin said.
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