The new envoy of the US president-elect Donald Trump for her Ukraine will travel to Kiev and several other European countries in early January as the incoming government tries to bring a swift end to the war of Russia-Ukraine, according to two Reuters sources with knowledge of the matter

Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who is set to serve as Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, however, does not plan to visit Moscow during that trip, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. .

Instead, he will visit senior leaders in Kiev and his team is working to arrange meetings with leaders in other European capitals, including Rome and Paris, the sources said. Trip planning is still being finalized and the itinerary could change, one of the sources warned.

The planned trip shows the urgency Trump has given to ending the war in Ukraine.

It is recalled that Trump has promised to end the war within 24 hours of taking office, if not sooner. Former intelligence and national security officials have expressed doubts that such a feat could be accomplished, in part because the Russian president Vladimir Putin may have little reason to come to the negotiating table, at least on terms acceptable to Kiev.