Trump's Special Envoy to Ukraine: U.S. is More Determined Than Ever to Achieve Peace

On Christmas Day, Keith Kellogg, President-elect Donald Trump's newly appointed special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, criticized Russia's missile and drone attacks, stating that the United States is more determined than ever to work towards peace in the region.

Keith Kellogg, National Security Advisor to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, speaks at a press briefing at the White House on September 22, 2020. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP)

Donald Trump has already vowed on the campaign trail to put an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine war, if elected, and to create peace in every war-torn region. The President-elect met with Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier this month. Trump and Ukraine’s president also met in late September in New York City where they discussed ending the conflict.

The deteriorating relations between Russia and Ukraine devolved into an armed conflict in 2014, eventually escalating into a full-scale war. The first two years of the war brought dramatic devastation, and the fighting showed no signs of abating in 2024.

Cover photo: Keith Kellogg, National Security Advisor to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, speaks at a press briefing at the White House on September 22, 2020 (Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb)