Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, announced his plans for a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.
NATO troops from Europe could help maintain the peace in Ukraine following a ceasefire, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy has said.
On Friday, Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg posted on X, formerly Twitter, that a post-ceasefire „resiliency force“ could support Ukraine’s sovereignty, with allied troops—who were not from the U.S. taking over „zones of responsibility“ in the country.
Newsweek has contacted NATO and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry for comment.
On Friday, another Trump envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg to discuss an end to fighting. On the same day, the White House expressed frustration at Moscow and Kyiv over the lack of progress in peace talks.
Kellogg’s approach is at odds with Witkoff’s, according to Reuters, which said the latter previously told Trump that giving Russia ownership of four occupied Ukrainian regions would be the fastest way to achieve a ceasefire. Kellogg said Kyiv would never agree to this.
The retired lieutenant general’s proposal, which was outlined in British newspaper The Times, is the first by a senior U.S. official that uses the Dnieper River as a line of demarcation in postwar Ukraine, although Kellogg did not advocate ceding to Moscow any further territory east of the river.
