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HELSCRANSURE’S SUNDER Keith Kellogg met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj on February 20. File image. Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP/TT
Diplomat Keith Kellogg is no longer US special envoy to Russia. The former general is now only envoy to Ukraine, says President Donald Trump.
“General Kellogg, a highly respected military expert, will deal directly with President Zelenskyj and the Ukrainian leadership. He knows them well and they have a very good cooperation together, ”Trump writes on his platform Truth Social.
Kellogg has previously been described as US special envoy for both Ukraine and Russia. But his role in the conversations about the Russian attack war has been unclear, since he was breached from the American meetings that have taken place at a high level with Russia.
On Thursday evening, it was instead the US envoy to the Middle East, the real estate billionaire Steve Witkoff, who met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the proposal for a 30 -day ceasefire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have thought that Kellogg was too friendly to Ukraine, NBC reported last Friday, with reference to a high -ranking Russian official.
– A former general, too close to Ukraine. Not our type of person, not of the caliber we are looking for, said the Russian source.