Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump\u2019s envoy to Ukraine, has suggested that British and French troops could help secure parts of Ukraine after a ceasefire, with each country managing specific areas west of the Dnipro River. His proposal would include a demilitarised buffer zone to separate allied forces from Russian-controlled regions.read more<\/p>\n
Keith Kellogg, special envoy to Ukraine for US President Donald Trump, said British and French troops could take responsibility for different areas in Ukraine after a ceasefire, in an interview with The Times.<\/p>\n
He proposed that these troops could operate west of the Dnipro River as part of a \u201creassurance force,\u201d separated from Russian-occupied areas in the east by a demilitarised zone.<\/p>\n
Kellogg compared it to the division of Berlin after World War II, where different Allied powers controlled different sectors. However, he clarified on social media that the US would not send any troops and that this idea wasn\u2019t about dividing Ukraine, but about maintaining peace.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re west of the Dnipro, which is a natural barrier,\u201d he said, arguing this setup wouldn\u2019t provoke Russia. He also suggested creating a buffer zone, or no-fire zone, along the current front lines to avoid direct clashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will probably be violations,\u201d he admitted. \u201cBut they\u2019ll be easy to monitor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and former national security adviser during Trump\u2019s first term, said Ukraine is large enough to host several foreign armies helping enforce peace. However, he admitted that Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201cmight not accept\u201d the plan.<\/p>\n
He later posted on X to clarify: \u201cI was talking about a peacekeeping force to support Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty after a ceasefire, not about dividing the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the UK and France are leading a 30-nation group discussing the possible deployment of such a force, which they call a \u201creassurance force\u201d to support any future ceasefire agreement led by Trump. But many details are still unclear \u2014 such as how many troops would be involved, who would participate, and what role the US would play.<\/p>\n
Putin has questioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s legitimacy, since his five-year term officially ended in May 2024. Under martial law, elections in Ukraine are suspended until the war ends. Zelensky\u2019s opponents have supported the delay.<\/p>\n
Kellogg said if a ceasefire is reached, elections could follow. \u201cI think Zelensky is open to it, but it\u2019s up to the Ukrainian people and parliament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also noted that US-Ukraine relations are \u201cback on track,\u201d pointing to revived talks over a deal involving Ukraine\u2019s mineral resources. He said officials hope to turn it from a business deal into a diplomatic one in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump\u2019s envoy to Ukraine, has suggested that British and French troops could help secure parts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[9207,9210,9209,2000,299,36,9204,9211,9212,9208,9206,9205,9213,9214],"class_list":{"0":"post-13608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-british-french-troops-ukraine","9":"tag-demilitarised-zone-ukraine","10":"tag-dnipro-river-ukraine","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-france","14":"tag-keith-kellogg","15":"tag-post-war-ukraine-security","16":"tag-putin-zelensky-ceasefire","17":"tag-reassurance-force-ukraine","18":"tag-trump-envoy-ukraine","19":"tag-ukraine-ceasefire-plan","20":"tag-ukraine-elections-2024","21":"tag-us-ukraine-relations"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114324749330805768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}