{"id":133447,"date":"2025-04-12T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ukraine-could-be-divided-into-european-and-russian-zones-of-responsibility-trumps-envoy-suggests-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:29:01","slug":"ukraine-could-be-divided-into-european-and-russian-zones-of-responsibility-trumps-envoy-suggests-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/ukraine-could-be-divided-into-european-and-russian-zones-of-responsibility-trumps-envoy-suggests-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine could be divided into European and Russian 'zones of responsibility,' Trump\u2019s envoy suggests – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine appeared to suggest that the country could be divided like Berlin<\/a> after World War II, as another of his envoys held long talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>.
Urged by Trump<\/a> on Truth Social to \u201cget moving\u201d on a ceasefire to end the \u201cterrible and senseless war,\u201d Putin spoke for four hours with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with the Kremlin, in the the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Friday.
Neither Moscow or Witkoff, who later flew to Oman for talks with Iran, commented on what was said at the meeting, which did not include representatives from Ukraine, despite President Volodymyr Zelenskky<\/a> repeatedly insisting that his country should be involved in the talks.
Zelenskyy, who has firmly rejected any territorial concessions to Russia, will likely have been disappointed to read comments from Trump\u2019s special envoy to Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who told The Times of London<\/a> that Ukraine could \u201clook like what happened with Berlin\u201d after World War II.
He said British and French troops<\/a> could serve as a \u201creassurance force\u201d west of the Dnieper River which bisects parts of the north and east of Ukraine before flowing out into the Black Sea in the South. \u00a0
Russian forces could remained in the parts of the east which they already occupy, separated by Ukrainian troops and a demilitarized zone, he said.
Kellogg later pushed back, claiming on social media that the article had misrepresented him.
\u201cI was speaking of a post-ceasefire resiliency force in support of Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty,\u201d he posted on X. \u201cIn discussions of partitioning, I was referencing areas or zones of responsibility for an allied force (without U.S. troops). I was NOT referring to a partitioning of Ukraine.\u201d
There are clear differences between Kellogg\u2019s proposal and the division of Berlin and Germany after WWII. While Germany surrendered to invading armies, Ukraine would, under Kellogg\u2019s idea, invite allies into its western territory \u2014 without conceding further land to Russia.
Still, the reference to \u201czones\u201d is likely to have raised alarms in Kyiv, reinforcing fears that U.S. negotiations might acknowledge Russia\u2019s de facto control of occupied Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine has repeatedly rejected any ceasefire or peace deal involving the ceding of land. Meanwhile Russia\u2019s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in March that the Kremlin would not accept peacekeeping troops from any NATO country \u201cunder any condition.\u201d
This isn\u2019t the first time suggestions have surfaced that a ceasefire will involve Ukraine ceding territory to Russia.\u00a0
In February, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth<\/a> called it \u201cunrealistic\u201d to expect a return to Ukraine\u2019s pre-2014 borders\u2014when Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatists in the east. Hegseth\u2019s remarks underlined a sharp shift in policy \u2014 while President Biden pursued full Ukrainian victory, Trump has emphasized ending the war swiftly.
As Witkoff arrived in Russia, Trump posted on Truth Social: \u201cRussia has to get moving. Too many people ere DYING, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war \u2014 a war that should have never happened, and wouldn\u2019t have happened, if I were president.\u201d
Meanwhile, on Friday night, Russia launched a large-scale drone attack across Ukraine. According to Ukrainian officials, 56 of 88 drones were shot down, and 24 more were redirected using electronic warfare.\u00a0
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitchko said that three people were injured in the capital as a result of the drone attacks. One more person was wounded in the city of Kharkiv in the northeast, Kharkiv\u2019s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
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