Russian wants to be special envoy for peace in Ukraine in Trump's team - NYT
Photo: Ethnic Russian Boris Epshteyn (facebook.com/boris.epshteyn)
Russian-born Boris Epshteyn proposed to US President-elect Donald Trump that he creates a special envoy for peace in Ukraine. Trump himself has not yet rejected the proposal, but has not yet approved it, The New York Times reports.
The agency emphasized that Epshteyn, who was born and raised in Russia, has no foreign policy experience. Previously, he coordinated legal defense in Trump's criminal cases.
Recently, however, according to sources, he offered the newly elected president to become his special representative on the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Several people who were with Mr. Trump and Mr. Epshteyn at the time seemed shocked at the idea of Mr. Epshteyn being appointed to a major diplomatic post. In addition to his lack of diplomatic experience, he is currently under indictment in Arizona along with several other Trump allies for their efforts to cancel the 2020 election.
At the same time, Epshteyn himself said that he has family on both sides of the conflict.
Sources say that Trump listened with obvious interest and did not reject the proposal. However, even so, he has not yet agreed to it.
Fox News recently reported that Trump may soon appoint a special envoy for peace in Ukraine.
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that Russia's war against Ukraine would end faster under the Trump administration.
