Kellogg: The Trump administration's new approach to Russia implies the need to reset relations. 1/
Kellogg: The Ukrainians are to blame for the fact that we have restricted their access to intelligence and stopped supporting them. 2/
Kellogg: Zelenskyy was warned that no one contradicts the US president in the Oval Office, and he did not want to. Ukraine and Russia must make peace under any circumstances. 3/
Kellogg: The Istanbul agreements cannot be the basis for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. We need something new. 4/
Kellogg: Russia has over 490k soldiers deployed to Ukraine, a force that is larger than today’s active US Army. 5/
Kellogg: President Trump has been clear that the United States primary objective in this war is to stop the killing and get both sides to the table and implement an enduring peace structure. 6/
Kellogg on disastrous meeting last week between Zelensky & Trump/Vance says there was a disconnect. President Zelensky clearly wanted Pres.
Trump to side publicly with Ukraine against Russia.
It would have negated an objective interlocutor role. 7/
Kellogg: Trump was not approaching as a matter of one side gaining an advantage over the other, but was instead focused on peace, ‘Pres. Zelensky is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he believes our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. 8/
Kellogg: There are aggressive movements from the administration underway to apply pressure points towards the Russians and obviously, to the Ukrainians as well, the seizing of frozen Russian sovereign assets to rebuild and rearm Ukraine. 9/
Kellogg: Maximum pressure sanctions on Russian energy are a few of the tools the President is leveraging to get Russia to a peace table. 10/
Kellogg: You look at the current sanctions, especially against the shadow fleet that carries 70% of the oil, illicit oil, when it comes out of Russia, we sanction those vessels by name.
70% of that oil comes through the Baltic Sea. 11X
Kellogg, for the first time, dropped the pretense. Reset with Russia, no advantage for Ukraine, the U.S. as a neutral broker.
Cutting military aid is pressure to force Ukraine to the table.
And bluntly - Ukraine brought it on itself. You don’t contradict President Trump 0/Kellogg: The Trump administration's new approach to Russia implies the need to reset relations. 1/Kellogg: The Ukrainians are to blame for the fact that we have restricted their access to intelligence and stopped supporting them. 2/Kellogg: Zelenskyy was warned that no one contradicts the US president in the Oval Office, and he did not want to. Ukraine and Russia must make peace under any circumstances. 3/Kellogg: The Istanbul agreements cannot be the basis for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. We need something new. 4/Kellogg: Russia has over 490k soldiers deployed to Ukraine, a force that is larger than today’s active US Army. 5/Kellogg: President Trump has been clear that the United States primary objective in this war is to stop the killing and get both sides to the table and implement an enduring peace structure. 6/Kellogg on disastrous meeting last week between Zelensky & Trump/Vance says there was a disconnect. President Zelensky clearly wanted Pres.
Trump to side publicly with Ukraine against Russia.
It would have negated an objective interlocutor role. 7/Kellogg: Trump was not approaching as a matter of one side gaining an advantage over the other, but was instead focused on peace, ‘Pres. Zelensky is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he believes our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. 8/Kellogg: There are aggressive movements from the administration underway to apply pressure points towards the Russians and obviously, to the Ukrainians as well, the seizing of frozen Russian sovereign assets to rebuild and rearm Ukraine. 9/Kellogg: Maximum pressure sanctions on Russian energy are a few of the tools the President is leveraging to get Russia to a peace table. 10/Kellogg: You look at the current sanctions, especially against the shadow fleet that carries 70% of the oil, illicit oil, when it comes out of Russia, we sanction those vessels by name.
70% of that oil comes through the Baltic Sea. 11X
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Kellogg, for the first time, dropped the pretense. Reset with Russia, no advantage for Ukraine, the U.S. as a neutral broker.
Cutting military aid is pressure to force Ukraine to the table.
And bluntly - Ukraine brought it on itself. You don’t contradict President Trump 0/ ... Kellogg: The Trump administration's new approach to Russia implies the need to reset relations. 1/ ... Kellogg: The Ukrainians are to blame for the fact that we have restricted their access to intelligence and stopped supporting them. 2/ ... Kellogg: Zelenskyy was warned that no one contradicts the US president in the Oval Office, and he did not want to. Ukraine and Russia must make peace under any circumstances. 3/ ... Kellogg: The Istanbul agreements cannot be the basis for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. We need something new. 4/ ... Kellogg: Russia has over 490k soldiers deployed to Ukraine, a force that is larger than today’s active US Army. 5/ ... Kellogg: President Trump has been clear that the United States primary objective in this war is to stop the killing and get both sides to the table and implement an enduring peace structure. 6/ ... Kellogg on disastrous meeting last week between Zelensky & Trump/Vance says there was a disconnect. President Zelensky clearly wanted Pres.
Trump to side publicly with Ukraine against Russia.
It would have negated an objective interlocutor role. 7/ ... Kellogg: Trump was not approaching as a matter of one side gaining an advantage over the other, but was instead focused on peace, ‘Pres. Zelensky is not ready for peace if America is involved, because he believes our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. 8/ ... Kellogg: There are aggressive movements from the administration underway to apply pressure points towards the Russians and obviously, to the Ukrainians as well, the seizing of frozen Russian sovereign assets to rebuild and rearm Ukraine. 9/ ... Kellogg: Maximum pressure sanctions on Russian energy are a few of the tools the President is leveraging to get Russia to a peace table. 10/ ... Kellogg: You look at the current sanctions, especially against the shadow fleet that carries 70% of the oil, illicit oil, when it comes out of Russia, we sanction those vessels by name.
70% of that oil comes through the Baltic Sea. 11X
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