Vice President JD Vance will meet Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in line with an individual aware of his plans, because the White Home pushes to rapidly finish the warfare in Ukraine whereas negotiating a deal to proceed offering assist to the U.S. ally.
Vance and Zelenskyy shall be in Munich for a safety convention stacked with world leaders. Vance said last week he hoped to focus his first international journey as vp on bringing the battle to a detailed. Vance shall be joined in Munich by Keith Kellogg, the particular envoy to Russia and Ukraine, who will then go to Ukraine, Trump stated Monday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may also journey to Ukraine to satisfy with Zelenskyy, Trump stated Tuesday on Truth Social. The president didn’t present a timetable for when Bessent will go.
Vance has been ardently against persevering with U.S. assist to Ukraine, although in a Fox Information interview that aired Monday, Trump stated he would proceed offering army help in exchange for $500 billion in uncommon earth minerals. Zelenskyy told Reuters final week he could be open to a deal on these sources.
Trump can also be “most likely” going to talk with Zelenskyy this week, he informed reporters Monday. “He needs to make a deal,” he stated, including that he was additionally “coping with” Russian President Vladimir Putin.
