JD Vance, Treasury Sec Scott Bessent to meet with Zelenskyy as Trump team sets sights on Russia-Ukraine war

Vice President JD Vance volition conscionable with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Friday aft years of railing against the U.S.’ continued backing of Ukraine successful the warfare against Russia. 

The vice president volition conscionable with Zelenskyy connected the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, a Vance spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital, conscionable up of U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg’s travel to Ukraine connected Feb. 20. 

Trump announced connected Tuesday helium would besides nonstop Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to conscionable with Zelenskyy successful Ukraine. 

"This War MUST and WILL END SOON — Too overmuch Death and Destruction. The U.S. has spent BILLIONS of Dollars Globally, with small to show," Trump wrote connected Truth Social. 

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Then-Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conscionable astatine Trump Tower successful New York City connected Sept. 27, 2024. (REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo)

Bessent is expected to speech astir sanctions, uncommon Earth minerals and wherever U.S. backing has gone with the Ukrainian leader. 

Trump tasked Kellogg with hashing retired a bid woody with Ukraine and Russia to bring the three-year-long warfare to an end. Last week Kellogg met with Ukrainian delegations astatine the State Department.  

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are besides attending the league wherever the Russia-Ukraine warfare is definite to beryllium a apical focal point. 

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The U.S. does not person a factual program yet to extremity the war, contrary to nationalist reporting, and is listening to concerns and proposals from allies, a European authoritative acquainted with bid talks told Fox News Digital. 

"Munich is excessively soon to unveil a Ukraine bid plan," the authoritative said. "The negotiations betwixt the principals – Trump, Zelenskyy, Putin – volition beryllium tough. All options to extremity the sidesplitting are connected the array – the people of enactment volition beryllium Trump’s call. There’s inactive plentifulness of country to ramp up sanctions." 

Vice President JD Vance volition conscionable with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Friday aft years of railing against the U.S.’ continued backing of Ukraine successful the warfare against Russia. (Getty Images)

Trump said past week helium mightiness conscionable with Zelenksyy himself successful the days ahead. 

"I volition astir apt beryllium gathering with President Zelenskyy adjacent week and I volition astir apt beryllium talking to President Putin," Trump said. 

In an interrogation with Fox News’ Bret Baier Monday night, Trump emphasized the request for Ukraine to springiness the U.S. entree to its uncommon Earth minerals successful speech for its defense. He besides suggested Ukraine "may beryllium Russian" someday. 

"They whitethorn marque a deal, they whitethorn not marque a deal. They whitethorn beryllium Russian immoderate day, oregon they whitethorn not beryllium Russian immoderate day," Trump mused. 

"We are going to person each this wealth successful there, and I accidental I privation it back. And I told them that I privation the equivalent, similar $500 cardinal worthy of uncommon Earth," Trump said. "And they person fundamentally agreed to bash that, truthful astatine slightest we don’t consciousness stupid."

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President Donald Trump announced helium would nonstop Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine. (Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Both Zelenskyy and Putin person remained opposed to nonstop talks with each other. Putin is demanding that Ukraine retreat from regions successful the southbound and eastbound that Kyiv inactive has power over. Zelenskyy has scoffed astatine immoderate territorial concessions to Moscow, though helium has admitted Ukraine whitethorn person to trust connected diplomatic means to instrumentality backmost immoderate of its territory. 

Vance was agelong astatine the forefront of absorption to Ukraine assistance successful the Senate. 

"I gotta beryllium honorable with you, I don't truly attraction what happens to Ukraine 1 mode oregon another," helium said successful February 2022 arsenic Russia invaded. 

"Vladimir Putin is not Adolf Hitler. It doesn't mean he's a bully guy, but helium has importantly little capableness than the German person did," Vance said successful an April 2024 speech connected the Senate floor.

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A Munich Security report, released conscionable days earlier satellite leaders stitchery successful Germany, said that Trump’s predetermination has turned the U.S. into a "risk to beryllium hedged against."

"Without planetary enactment of the benignant provided by the United States for the past respective decades, it is hard to ideate the planetary assemblage providing planetary nationalist goods similar state of navigation oregon tackling adjacent immoderate of the galore sedate threats confronting humanity," the study warned. "The US whitethorn beryllium abdicating its historical relation arsenic Europe’s information guarantor – with important consequences for Ukraine."