US President-elect Donald Trump’s future national security adviser, Michael Waltz, is studying several proposals to end the conflict in Ukraine, CNN reports citing informed sources. According to the channel’s interlocutors, Trump officials will most likely insist on an early ceasefire to temporarily freeze the conflict while both sides negotiate.
The president-elect’s administration is also expected to push for European allies and NATO to shoulder most of the costs of supporting Ukraine.
Among other things, Waltz is considering an offer, sources said. Keith Kelloggwhom Trump intends to appoint special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
The Kellogg Plan stipulates that continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine must be conditional on kyiv’s participation in peace negotiations with Russia and “official U.S. policy toward a ceasefire and negotiated settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.” . Ukraine’s entry into NATO “will be delayed for a long period” in order to bring Russia to the negotiating table.
Meanwhile, according to the Associated Press, the administration of the current president joe biden calls on Ukraine to increase the size of its army as quickly as possible by mobilizing more troops and changing mobilization laws. According to an anonymous Biden administration official, Ukraine should lower the draft age from the current 25 to 18 and thus solve the problem of a shortage of military personnel.
The official said the Ukrainians believe they need about 160,000 additional troops. At the same time, the White House says they will probably need more, Interfax clarifies.
