Trump's envoy Kellogg discusses plan to stop war and reintegrate Russia into "League of Proper Nations"

Keith Kellogg, the US President’s special envoy for Ukraine, who is involved in the peace negotiations, has said that the plan is to stop the hostilities along the line of contact and "try to bring the Russians back into what I would call the League of Nations".

Source: Kellogg at the Brussels Forum of the German Marshall Fund, as reported by Radio Liberty

Details: Kellogg stated that after reviewing the positions of both Ukraine and Russia, the US understands what a full ceasefire "could and should" look like.

Quote: "A ceasefire in place means – the ground you are physically on, that is the ground that is yours now. You occupy that. [...] Then we want to get to the return of children, the prisoners that are out there, that made a sustainable ceasefire long-term, sustainable not only for the Ukrainians but for Europe as well. And then try to get the Russians back into what I would call the League of Proper Nations. So everybody is kind of working together… Meaning you can all live with the results of this for the long term."

Background:

• Ukraine insists on an unconditional ceasefire – a position also supported by the United States, which initiated the peace talks. Moscow, however, is refusing to comply.
• On the evening of 2 June, Russian state news agencies published a memorandum containing Moscow’s terms for a ceasefire. These include the holding of elections in Ukraine, followed by the signing of a peace agreement. Russia is also demanding the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson oblasts and international recognition of these four regions – along with Crimea, annexed in 2014 – as Russian territory.
• The so-called Russian memorandum also stipulates that Ukraine adopt a neutral status, meaning that it may not join military alliances or host foreign military forces on its territory. Moscow also insists that Russian be granted the status of an official language in Ukraine.
• US President Donald Trump stated on 28 May that he would have "an answer within two weeks" as to whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin truly wants to end the war in Ukraine.
• Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said on 3 June that the aim of Russia’s participation in talks with Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul is to secure Russia’s victory, not to achieve peace.

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