Kellogg postpones Ukraine visit until Trump's inauguration
General Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump's envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has postponed his trip to Kyiv. The visit is now scheduled to occur only after the inauguration of the new U.S. president.
The change in the timing of Gen. Kellogg's visit to Ukraine has been reported by Reuters, citing its own sources.
"Retired Lieutenant-General Keith Kellogg, who is set to serve as Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, had initially planned a mission to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian leaders in early January (...). His team was also setting up meetings with officials in other European capitals, including Rome and Paris," reported the agency.
Kellogg is expected to visit Kyiv only after Trump takes office, although no date has been set yet, Reuters added. No reasons were provided for the change in Gen. Kellogg's plans.
He is to fulfil Trump's promise
Kellogg, who served in various advisory roles to Trump during his first term, is set to be the chief official responsible for fulfilling the president-elect's promise to end the war in Ukraine.
In conversations, including with the Polish Press Agency, the American military figure advocated for freezing the conflict, at least temporarily excluding Ukraine's NATO membership, while offering it security guarantees. Kellogg noted, however, that this is not Trump's plan and that the final decisions are made by the president-elect himself.
The former and future president, who repeatedly claimed during the election campaign that he could easily bring the war to an end—within a day or even before formally taking office—acknowledged in December that it might be challenging. After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he said that Kyiv is ready to make peace and called on Vladimir Putin to "take action."
