Kellogg: Ukraine can be divided as Berlin after World War II
US Special MP for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said Ukraine could be divided « almost like Berlin after World War II » as part of a peace deal.
Kellogg has suggested that British and French troops take over control zones in West of Ukraine, while the Russian army remains in the east of the country, with Ukrainian forces and demilitarized zone among those zones, the Times reports.
Kellogg, who is 80, said that Anglo-French forces on the west side of the Dniepar River, which divides Ukraine from north to south and flows through Kiev, will not act as a « provocation » for Moscow.
He added that Ukraine was large enough to allow several military armies to coordinate the ceasefire.
« It could almost look like Berlin after World War II, when there were Russian, French, British and American sector. Dniepar is a major obstacle – Kellogg added, explaining that America would not send ground troops, but suggested the formation of a demilitarized zone 28km along the existing control lines in eastern Ukraine.
Kellogg’s plan implies implicit recognition of « de facto control of Russia » over the territories it is currently occupying.
He acknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putin might not accept the proposed division of control zones, but stressed the need to establish a buffer zone between Ukrainian and Russian lines to prevent incidents.
He also said Ukraine should hold new elections after a ceasefire is reached.
He assessed that Ukraine’s president, Volodimir Zelenski, is open to hold elections, but that it is a decision that the Ukrainian people will make, not the United States.
Kellogg said relations between Washington and Kiev are « returning to the right track », noting that negotiations on a possible agreement on Ukrainian minerals have been restored.
