The latest escalation comes as Trump appoints retired General Keith Kellogg, a proponent of tough negotiations with Moscow and Kiev, as special envoy for Ukraine.
Local residents walk past destroyed residential buildings in Borodyanka, Kiev region, on November 7, 2024. / Photo: AFP
Trump campaigned on a platform of securing a swift end to the Ukraine war, boasting that he would quickly mediate a ceasefire deal between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Keith has led a distinguished Military and Business career, including serving in highly sensitive National Security roles in my first Administration."
"The United States would continue to arm Ukraine and strengthen its defenses to ensure Russia will make no further advances and will not attack again after a cease-fire or peace agreement," Kellogg's research paper for the Trumpist America First Policy Institute think tank said. Kellogg told Voice of America at the Republican convention in July that Ukraine's options were"quite clear."
Facing a much larger enemy with more advanced weapons and with stocks of volunteers dwindling, Ukraine is facing an"existential" recruitment crunch, a senior administration official told reporters.
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