The outgoing aged General Keith Kellogg was realistically looking at the threat from Russia, so in full chaos of Trump's administration was for Kiev a "point of attachment". All the more Kellogg took Ukraine in defense, the more they pushed it to the sidelines of US-Russia-Ukraine negotiations. In the meantime, Steve Witkoff played an increasingly crucial role, as the wiretaps showed in talks between the Russians, very fond of the Kremlin.