Kellogg said that fixing Ukraine’s territorial losses in the “peace agreement” does not mean recognizing them

Keith Kellogg, the US president’s special representative for Russia and Ukraine, believes that the consolidation of Ukraine’s territorial losses in a potential “peace agreement” does not mean their official recognition. About this informs FoxNews.

Kellogg agreed with the position of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who previously said that returning Ukraine to its 2014 borders after the end of the war was unrealistic.

“So I think there’s going to be some kind of agreement on the potential loss of territory. But look, you don’t have to admit it.” he added.

Kellogg recalled the Welles Declaration, a document adopted by the United States in 1940 after the occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union:

“When the Soviet Union conquered the Baltic states, we never said that they owned these countries. We said that they were simply under the rule of the USSR.”

He emphasized that the issue of territories should be considered in the long term, because it is part of the negotiation process:

“What is needed is a real stable peace that is actually guaranteed in terms of having a security agreement between all parties that is long-term and very, very sustainable.”