Keith Kellogg about the fate of Ukraine. The US envoy refers “to what happened in Berlin after World War II”

Keith Kellogg, a special envoy of the US President Donald Trump for Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview with “Times” about the possible future of Ukraine after a possible peace agreement. He mentioned the creation of “control zones” by Western countries. “This could almost compare to what happened in Berlin after World War II,” he assessed. He later emphasized that “he did not mean the division of Ukraine.”

Retired general Keith Kellogg, special envoy of the US President Donald Trump for Ukraine and Russiahe gave the interview to the journal Times on Friday. According to the media, describing this conversation – among others “The Guardian”, “The Independent” or NBC News – Kellog “suggested” that as part of the peace agreement “Ukraine could be divided like Berlin after World War II”.

“Control zones”

Kellogg stated in an interview published on Friday that British and French troops could send “security forces” to the west of Ukraine, creating “zones of their control”. The Russian army – results from a conversation with Kellogg – could remain in the occupied east of Ukraine, and between the French -British and Russian forces would be a demilitarized zone and another – another – created by the army of Ukraine. “This could almost compare to what happened in Berlin after World War II, when there was a Russian zone, the French zone and the British zone,” he told the newspaper.

As he assessed, “the forces of Great Britain and France located west of the Dniepr River would not provoke Russia in any way.” He added that the US would not send their troops to Ukraine.

Kellog straightens

Kellogg, commenting on the platform x article by a British diary, wrote that “he mistakenly presents what he said.”

“I talked about the resistance forces (deployed) after suspending weapons that would support Ukraine's sovereignty. In discussions about the division, I referred to the areas or zones of the responsibility of allied forces (without US troops). I did not mean the division of Ukraine” – emphasized the representative of the White House.

The Ukrainian side has not yet referred to Kellog's speech.