President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate retired Army Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg to serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
Kellogg was chief of staff on Trump’s National Security Council during his first administration and was the national security adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence.
“Together, we will secure peace through strength, and make America, and the world, safe again,” Trump said in a statement naming Kellogg as envoy.
Kellogg is likely to be at the center of negotiations to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, should Russia and Ukraine agree to take part.
Trump has promised to stop the war on his first day back in office – though he has not provided any details on how he plans to do that.
Kellogg has advocated for tough negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to bring the war to an end.
