Washington hints: first Kyiv agrees, then Moscow?
According to ThePublic.info citing an interview with Kellogg for the Fox News television channel, the United States believes that a peaceful framework agreement regarding Ukraine is already approaching its final stage. Kit Kellogg, the U.S. President's Special Envoy for Ukraine, called the document "real" and noted that the American side might first persuade Kyiv to agree to the proposed terms, and later — Moscow.
“The framework agreement exists to reach a conclusion. The Russians will not accept it, but I think we can push the Ukrainians, and later the Russians... We are almost there.”
According to him, the document requires clarification of certain points, but the overall structure has already been formed. Kellogg also suggested that President Volodymyr Zelensky could come to the U.S. to sign the agreement — although “there are no guarantees.”
Another condition of the plan he named is holding elections in Ukraine within 100 days after the agreement is adopted. He estimates that this process can be technologically completed even within 90 days.
Kellogg emphasized that elections are necessary “to calm Ukrainian society and the free world.”
Background
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On the night of November 20 to 21, American media published the entire list of 28 points of the U.S. peace plan.
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According to the media, Zelensky and Trump may discuss this document as early as next week.
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European diplomats are working on their own version of the “peace plan,” which they consider more acceptable for Ukraine.
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Reuters reported that pressure could be exerted on Kyiv — in particular, through possible restrictions on military aid and intelligence data.
