• Trump's nomination of Keith Kellogg as special envoy for Ukraine raises concerns about shifting military aid priorities that could undermine Ukraine's territorial integrity and inadvertently encourage Russian aggression, especially given Trump's emphasis on a swift resolution that could compromise Ukrainian sovereignty.
• Kellogg's strategy of making military assistance conditional on Ukraine's participation in talks raises alarms; previous ceasefires failed to secure meaningful security assurances for Ukraine and often led to further Russian provocations.
• The incoming administration's rush towards a ceasefire without robust security guarantees for Ukraine echoes past diplomatic blunders that have allowed Russia to increase its aggression.

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