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Trump envoy suggests allied zones of control in Ukraine
London (AFP) – Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, suggested British and French troops could adopt zones of control in the country, in an interview with The Times newspaper published Saturday.
April 12, 2025 | By France24
Kellogg suggested they could have areas of responsibility west of the Dnipro river, as part of a "reassurance force", with a demilitarised zone separating them from Russian-occupied areas in the east.
"You could almost make it look like what happened with Berlin after World War II, when you had a Russian zone, a French zone, and a British zone, a US zone," he said, later clarifying on X that the United States would not be providing troops.
"You're west of the (Dnipro), which is a major obstacle," Kellogg said, adding that the force would therefore "not be provocative at all" to Russia.
He suggested that a demilitarised zone could be implemented along the existing lines of control in eastern Ukraine, The Times said.
A retired lieutenant general and former acting national security advisor during Trump's first term, Kellogg, 80, said Ukraine was big enough to accommodate several armies seeking to enforce a ceasefire.
To make sure that British, French, Ukrainian and other allied forces do not exchange fire with Russian troops, Kellogg said a buffer zone would be needed.
"You look at a map and you create, for lack of a better term, a demilitarised zone (DMZ)," he said.
"You have a... DMZ that you can monitor, and you've got this... no-fire zone," said Kellogg.
But he added: "Now, are there going to be violations? Probably, because there always are. But your ability to monitor that is easy."
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Kellogg admitted that Russian President Vladimir Putin "might not accept" the proposal.
'Reassurance force'
Kellogg later clarified his position, posting on X.
"I was speaking of a post-ceasefire resiliency force in support of Ukraine's sovereignty. In discussions of partitioning, I was referencing areas or zones of responsibility for an allied force (without US troops). I was NOT referring to a partitioning of Ukraine," he said.
Britain and France are spearheading talks among a 30-nation "coalition of the willing" on potentially deploying forces to Ukraine to shore up any ceasefire Trump may strike.
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The EU paying off Ukraine to keep it under the EU. This is a pledge and not an actual financial payoff:
It can only be surmised considering who Keith Kellogg is the back story is he is working towards creating the conditions for further war:
The Cubic Corporation Kellogg was with has offices in Ukraine that is a money-maker for all these corporations:
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