The United States has asked European capitalists to provide detailed proposals for security measures to provide Ukraine as part of security guarantee to end their war with weapons, peacekeepers and Russia.
This request was sent to capital this week, and four Western officials briefed in the document. European leaders have become part of the Trump negotiations with Vladimir Putin, published on Wednesday.
“this [document] It’s a way to make sure we are involved. ”
Washington is planning to send a questionnaire to the US State Department’s government in order to scope Europe’s willingness to protect the key in Europe after peace settlement, and European prices are willing to pay for the negotiations with Moscow. .
The State Department has called for the details of the military hardware that the European capital can offer and the number of troops brigades to be prepared to place.
A US official added, “The cable raises a number of common questions.” This adds to how the European -led security contract will look like a “specific proposal or idea.”
This request is about Trump’s envoy Kellogg’s European capital tour, which starts in Brussels next week.
Kellogg was a member of the US team to talk with Moscow this week and wondered how much civil servants in Europe and Ukraine are involved in Trump’s peaceful efforts.
US officials say Kellogg and others provide options to Trump, the best decision makers.
Kellogg said at the Munich Security Meeting on Saturday that the debate was “two tracks.”
“[US Middle East envoy Stephen Witkoff] There is a Russian lane. I have a European lane with Ukraine. ”
I asked if Kellogg’s influence was decreasing. A US official said his schedule “speaks himself.”
“As the White House spokesman said, he talks about his major roles in Brussels, as he said in Munich, and Zelenskyy, in Munich, in Munich. As a result, I work under the president, ”US officials.
The United States is ready to pour cold water into Ukrainian drives and join NATO and are ready to accommodate Putin’s core demands to reclaim Russia’s territory.
Kellogg said on Saturday that during the peace negotiations, Europeans did not think they would be “at the table,” but they talked with European capital to consider their views.
A western senior official said Kellogg is focusing on what Western countries can do to guarantee Ukraine’s security.
According to three Russians who are familiar with the meeting, Kremlin’s focus on the conclusion that he has a more direct line to Trump and concluded that Moscow concluded that Kellogg was partially secondary. I have it.
A US official said Kellogg is one of Trump’s closest national security adviser for almost 10 years and their relationship is well known in Washington.
Russia feels other delegates, such as Witkoff, which has secured a US teacher at Russian prison this week, and a national security adviser, Mike Waltz, has a more direct line for Trump and has received a better order of briefs.
A senior official from the Kremlin said, “If he was embassy, he would have pursued contact in Russia and Ukraine in a short order. “Witkoff is lower than that.”
Another person who participated in the volunteer work of Russia’s West said Moscow saw Kellogg’s role in the role of Kellogg.
“As you know, serious conversation is with Moscow and you need serious people,” he said. Kellogg said, “I have to talk to the Ukrainians, talk with Europeans, and go to TV.”
He added that the progress of the talks depends on direct contact between Trump and Putin.
“Trump’s method is to send a little bit of that person and take seriously later. The problem is that only his opponent is Vladimir Putin.
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the negotiating lineup is an internal US problem. “The president expressed his political will to build a dialogue, and it is the privilege of the US president to appoint someone.”
According to a continuous conversation with Kellogg’s Ukraine and Europe, Western officials and former Russian officials still suggest that they can still play an important role in the peace process.
The first Western official said, “Kellogg is still involved.” “portion [European] Capital doesn’t take him seriously, and I think it’s a wrong approach. ”
Former Russian officials said they had forgotten Kellogg when Trump nominated negotiators. “Maybe he will have some use.”
