{"id":373,"date":"2025-04-29T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=373"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:45:41","slug":"kellogg-calls-russias-three-day-ceasefire-proposal-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/kellogg-calls-russias-three-day-ceasefire-proposal-absurd\/","title":{"rendered":"Kellogg calls Russia's three-day ceasefire proposal 'absurd'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, called the Russian proposal for a three-day ceasefire<\/a> next week \u201cabsurd\u201d and said the U.S. wants a more lasting peace deal in Ukraine. <\/p>\n

“A three-day ceasefire is absurd. What the president wants is a permanent, comprehensive ceasefire \u2014 sea, air, land, infrastructure \u2014 for a minimum of 30 days, and then we can extend that,” Kellogg said in a Fox News interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has this one right on the money, and that’s where we want to go to.”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin announced Monday that Putin ordered the temporary ceasefire from May 8 to 11 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. <\/p>\n

The announcement came as Trump signals a growing impatience with the Russian leader\u2019s reluctance to end the three-year war, and continued attacks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is reportedly pushing a proposal that would freeze the frontlines of the war, leaving much of eastern Ukraine under Russian control, and prevent Ukraine from joining the NATO military alliance. It’s unclear what alternative security gaurantees might be offered to Ukraine as part of the deal. <\/p>\n

Putin is reportedly demanding official recognition of four Ukrainian territories, much of which it occupies, which Kyiv strongly opposes, Bloomberg reported<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Ukraine also dismissed Putin’s three-day pause in fighting. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf Russia truly wants peace, it must cease fire immediately,\u201d Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on the social platform X<\/a>. \u201cWhy wait until May 8th? If the fire can be ceased now and since any date for 30 days\u2014so it is real, not just for a parade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kellogg, who represented the U.S. in talks about Ukraine in London last week, suggested it was now up to the Russians to determine the path forward on a potential deal in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

He said officials in London came up with a 22-point term sheet with specific actions focused on ending the war in Ukraine. He said Ukrainian officials \u201cdidn\u2019t like them all,\u201d but \u201cthat\u2019s normal when you have any negotiations.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at everything the Ukrainians are willing to work with \u2014 now, it’s over to the Russians, over to Putin,\u201d Kellogg said. \u201cWe’ve got one side, now you need to come up the other side. And I think we’re close.\u201d<\/p>\n

He compared peace talks to a marathon, saying, \u201cThe first mile isn\u2019t the hardest, it’s the last one that\u2019s the hardest, and we\u2019re in the last mile.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, President Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, called the Russian proposal for a three-day ceasefire next week \u201cabsurd\u201d and said the U.S. wants a more lasting<\/p>\n

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