Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, chosen by President-elect Trump to be his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, condemned Russian missile and drone attacks on Christmas Day, saying the United States is “working more than ever to bring peace to the region.” I am determined,” he said.
“Christmas should be a time of peace, but Ukraine was brutally attacked on Christmas Day,” Kellogg said. wrote on social platform X on Wednesday.. “Launching large-scale missile and drone attacks on the Lord’s Birthday is wrong. The world is watching the actions of both sides closely. The United States is more determined than ever to bring peace to the region. It’s solidified.”
Kellogg's comments came Wednesday amid Russian military attacks on Ukraine's energy supplies and infrastructure. According to Ukraine's air force, Kremlin forces fired 78 air and ground missiles and 106 Shahed drones. Ukrainian defense officials announced that they had intercepted 54 Shahed drones and 59 missiles.
Not all were intercepted, and some hit targets in several Ukrainian cities, causing power outages. The attack left one person dead in the Dnipropetrovsk region and at least six injured in the Kharkov region.
“Today, President Putin deliberately chose Christmas as the purpose of his attack,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. “What could be more inhumane than this? More than 70 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and more than 100 attack drones. The target is energy infrastructure. They continue to fight for power outages in Ukraine. Masu.”
In late November, President Trump appointed Kellogg, who served as the president-elect's National Security Council member during his first term. He called for a ceasefire in the conflict, which has been escalating since February 2022.
In his book, Kellogg argued that further U.S. military aid to the war-torn country should depend on Ukraine's willingness to enter peace talks with Russia. He said that in order to bring Russia to the negotiating table, NATO leaders would delay Kiev's accession to the military alliance “for an extended period of time” “in exchange for a comprehensive and verifiable peace agreement with security guarantees.” said it should.
During his campaign, Trump vowed to end the war in Eastern Europe in one day. He has criticized the Biden administration's policy of allowing Ukraine to use weapons supplied by the United States to attack Russia.
The president-elect met with Zelenskiy and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier this month. President Trump and the Ukrainian president also met in New York City in late September to discuss ending the conflict.
President Trump said over the weekend that Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed a willingness to meet with the next commander-in-chief to discuss the war.
Trump: “President Putin said he would like to meet with me as soon as possible.'' Said at turning point America Fest Convention. “So we have to wait for this, but we have to end the war. That war is horrible, horrible.”
