The White House considers Putin’s three-day ceasefire “absurd”.

Keith Kellogg, the United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, stated on Tuesday that the ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the eve of the anniversary of the end of World War II is “absurd.”

“A three-day ceasefire is absurd,” Kellogg said in an interview with Fox News, emphasizing that what President Trump wants is “a permanent and complete ceasefire, maritime, aerial, and terrestrial, for a minimum of 30 days” with the possibility of extending it in the future.

“That’s where we want to get to,” emphasized Trump’s special envoy, ensuring that it is now up to the Russians to make a move, after the Ukrainians have shown their willingness to progress in the negotiation.

Thus, he has explained that in last week’s meeting in London, the United States presented Ukraine with a roadmap containing around twenty actions that, although not all were well-received, now puts them in a “very good position” to move forward.

“No one is going to like the final position that is adopted. That is normal in any negotiation, but I think we are in a good position,” he said. “I feel that, at least as far as the Ukrainians are concerned, they are very comfortable where we are now,” he assured.

Kellogg has also questioned whether Russia is winning the war and has ruled out that they have made significant advances in the past year. “They have not taken Kiev, the capital, nor have they advanced to the west of the Dnieper River, they have not taken Odesa. They have lost hundreds of soldiers and have not actually made any progress,” he said.

This lack of achievements, he said, should be reason enough for the authorities in Moscow to reflect and realize that they are at a “standstill”. He also emphasized that “the Ukrainians are in a good position” and “are working hard to make progress” in the negotiations, with the support of Europe.

“No one is going to win this war militarily. It will be done through diplomacy, and I believe the Ukrainians understand this perfectly (...) and I think the Russians must understand it,” Kellogg emphasized.