Trump announced a conversation with Zelensky: what is known
11 February 2025 11:55
US President Donald Trump said that he will soon speak with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and that Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg will visit Ukraine, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports citing Reuters.
Trump said he intends to talk to Zelensky this week. Trump did not specify the format of the conversation – he had previously claimed that he was not going to travel to Kyiv for this purpose.
Trump did not say when Ambassador Keith Kellogg would visit Ukraine, but CNN reported that the visit would take place next week, and AFP, citing a source, said the visit would take place on February 20.
Kellogg is expected to meet with Zelenskiy at the Munich Security Conference, which opens on February 14, and on the sidelines of the conference, the Ukrainian president will meet with Vice President J.D. Vance, Zelenskiy’s spokesman, Serhiy Nikiforov, said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are also planning to attend the Munich conference.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. Sometimes he suggested that this could happen even before that.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The idea was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war and maintain the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, stipulates that Russia retains the territories it temporarily occupies and that Ukraine does not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. The president-elect’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak for Trump.
Currently, the future US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days in which he wants to reach some kind of agreement.
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