Keith Kellogg, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for particular envoy for the warfare in Ukraine, stated Wednesday that the assassination of Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, for which Ukrainian intelligence has claimed duty, was “not a good suggestion in any respect.”
In an interview on Fox News, Kellogg stated that whereas the killing of Kirillov isn’t a “setback” for Ukraine, “there are guidelines of warfare, and there are specific stuff you simply don’t do.”
He later added that the assault, which concerned a bomb planted in an electrical scooter, was “carrying it just a little bit too far” and “not a good suggestion in any respect.”
Kellogg additionally stated that he believes each Moscow and Kyiv are prepared for peace negotiations, evaluating the warfare to a boxing match:
Think of a cage battle. You’ve obtained two fighters and each need to faucet out. You want a referee to form of separate them. And I believe President Donald J. Trump can do this, he’s obtained a imaginative and prescient to try this.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Kellogg plans to go to Kyiv in January.
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