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WASHINGTON — President Trump is prepared to double down on US sanctions for Russia to bring about an end to its war on Ukraine , retired Gen. Keith Kellogg, his special envoy to the conflict, exclusively told The Post this week — but he knows both Kyiv and Moscow will have to make concessions to end the “industrial-sized” killing in Europe’s largest country.
Last Thursday, Trump gathered his “whole confirmed team” of advisers and cabinet members focused on national security — from Vice President JD Vance to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — in the Oval Office, where Kellogg said they discussed how to useTrump lays out exactly how he plans for US to seize control of Gaza“Solving the Russia-Ukraine war is really all hands on deck for the entire administration, so a whole-of-government approach,” the general said.
“I think we have some opportunities, and fortunately, I’m working for the master deals,” Kellogg said. “He wrote ‘The Art of the Deal.’ I wouldn’t put anything past him.” “And so the pressure just can’t be military. You have to put economic pressure, you have to put diplomatic pressure, some type of military pressures and levers that you’re going to use underneath those to make sure where we want it to go,” he explained.“The pressure just can’t be military. You have to put economic pressure, you have to put diplomatic pressure,” Kellogg said about Russia, a country that has not prevented massive losses of its own troops in the past.
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