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By SOPHIA STANFORD<\/a> and MARK NICOL<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 20:30 EDT, 11 April 2025 | Updated: 20:44 EDT, 11 April 2025 <\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/a> could be divided ‘almost like Berlin<\/a> after World War Two’ as part of a peace deal, President Trump’s envoy to the country has said.<\/p>\n

General Keith Kellogg suggested Western troops could adopt zones of control as part of a ‘reassurance force’, while the Russians would occupy the east.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces would then hold an 18-mile wide demilitarised zone between them.<\/p>\n

General Kellogg, the key US figure in ending the three-year conflict, confirmed there would be no American forces on the ground, unlike the formation of Germany<\/a> after 1945.<\/p>\n

He told The Times that British and French-led troops occupying west of the Dnipro river \u2013 which cuts Ukraine in half north to south and could act as a demarcation line \u2013 would ‘not be provocative at all’ to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

‘You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after World War Two, when you had a Russian zone, a French zone and a British zone,’ he added.<\/p>\n

His comments came as the Kremlin last night dismissed a key meeting between Vladimir Putin<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a>‘s peace envoy \u2013 in an apparent sign Russia is not interested in a Ukraine ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Putin’s spokesman said the talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff, which lasted more than four hours, were ‘not momentous’ and there would be no concessions.<\/p>\n

\"General <\/p>\n

General Keith Kellogg (pictured) said\u00a0Ukraine could be divided similarly to Berlin after World War Two as part of a peace deal<\/p>\n

\"US <\/p>\n

US envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after an hours-long meeting on Friday<\/p>\n

Russia’s hardball stance appeared to infuriate the US President who subsequently posted on the Truth Social platform a demand that Putin ‘gets moving’ over a peace deal to prevent further deaths.<\/p>\n

Russia has already rejected an American-backed proposal for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It comes as Ukraine’s allies pledged a record 21 billion euros (\u00a318.2 billion) of military aid for the country<\/a>, with the UK Defence Secretary warning that 2025 was ‘the critical year’ for the war.<\/p>\n

The support announced on Friday includes a \u00a3450 million package from Britain and Norway to fund radar systems, anti-tank mines, vehicle repairs and hundreds of thousands of drones<\/a> for Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Witkoff travelled to Russia again on Friday to press the Kremlin to accept a truce but in Brussels there appeared to be little confidence that a pause in hostilities would come.<\/p>\n

German defence minister Boris Pistorius said ‘ongoing aggression’ from Russia meant ‘we must concede that peace in Ukraine appears to be out of reach in the immediate future’.<\/p>\n

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