US senior advisers to talk with Zelenskyy on Munich sidelines

Senior advisers successful the medication of U.S. President Donald Trump are preparing to conscionable with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, according to an Associated Press interrogation with retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg.

Kellogg, a peculiar envoy to Ukraine and Russia, said readying continues for talks with Zelenskyy astatine the yearly conference.

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Kellogg are among those who could enactment successful the sideline conversations with Ukraine’s president, AP reported.

Trump has been captious astir however overmuch the warfare is costing the U.S. and has said European countries should repay the U.S. for helping Ukraine.

During his campaign, Trump said if helium were elected president, helium would bring a swift extremity to the warfare betwixt Russia and Ukraine, but helium did not specify however helium would execute that.

Recently, helium has said that helium wants to marque a woody with Ukraine to proceed U.S. enactment successful speech for entree to Ukraine’s uncommon world minerals.

On Monday, AP reported the president said determination are radical presently moving connected a money-for-minerals-deal with Ukraine.

“We person radical implicit determination contiguous who are making a woody that, arsenic we springiness money, we get minerals and we get lipid and we get each sorts of things," Trump said.

Kellogg told AP that “the economics of that would let for further enactment to the Ukrainians.”

Meanwhile, Russian drone attacks caused a occurrence successful Kyiv, injured a pistillate successful Sumy and damaged respective homes, according to Ukrainian officials.

The Russian subject reported downing 15 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 7 successful the Krasnodar region.

Nobody was wounded arsenic a effect of the occurrence successful Kyiv, which was sparked successful a non-residential building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said successful a station connected the Telegram messaging app.

Five houses were damaged and a pistillate was reportedly injured successful the northeastern metropolis of Sumy, determination politician Ihor Kalchenko said connected Telegram.

Material from the Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse was utilized successful this report.