Podolyak believes that rescheduling the visit indicates that the new Trump administration is studying intelligence reports before attempting to compel Moscow and Kyiv to negotiate a ceasefire. “This suggests that Trump's transitional administration already has a deep understanding of the nature of this war,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Ukraine envoy has postponed a fact-finding trip to Kyiv and other European capitals until after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, according to four sources with knowledge of the trip's planning.

Keith Kellogg, US President-elect Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, has postponed his planned trip to Kyiv and other European capitals until after Trump's inauguration on 20 January.