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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s peculiar envoy to Ukraine and Russia, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, arrived successful Kyiv connected Monday, a elder Ukrainian authoritative said, arsenic anticipation grew implicit imaginable changes successful the Trump administration’s policies connected the much than three-year war.
Trump past week teased that helium would marque a “major statement” connected Russia connected Monday. Trump made rapidly stopping the warfare 1 of his diplomatic priorities, and helium has progressively expressed vexation astir Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unbudging stance.
Putin "talks bully and past helium bombs everybody,” Trump said precocious Sunday, arsenic helium confirmed the U.S. is sending Ukraine severely needed U.S.-made Patriot aerial defence missiles to assistance it fend disconnected Russia’s intensifying aerial attacks.
A apical state of Trump, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said Sunday that the struggle is nearing an inflection constituent arsenic Trump shows increasing involvement successful helping Ukraine combat backmost against Russia's full-scale invasion. It’s a origin that Trump had antecedently dismissed arsenic being a discarded of U.S. payer money.
Also, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was owed successful Washington connected Monday and Tuesday. He planned to clasp talks with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arsenic good arsenic members of Congress.
Talks during Kellogg’s sojourn to Kyiv volition screen “defense, strengthening security, weapons, sanctions, extortion of our radical and enhancing practice betwixt Ukraine and the United States,” said the caput of Ukraine’s statesmanlike office, Andrii Yermak.
“Russia does not privation a cease fire. Peace done spot is President Donald Trump’s principle, and we enactment this approach,” Yermak said.
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