US President-elect Donald Trump plans to appoint a special envoy to hold talks on a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine, Paralel.Az reports citing Fox News.

"You’re going to see a very senior special envoy, someone with a lot of credibility, who will be given a task to find a resolution, to get to a peace settlement," one of the sources said, adding: "You’re going to see that in short order."

According to Fox News, the job is not expected to be a salaried role; Kurt Volker served as special representative to Ukrainian negotiations on a volunteer basis in 2017-19.