KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss a critical minerals deal as Ukraine vies to win the backing of U.S. President Donald Trump at a perilous diplomatic juncture in the war with Russia.
Bessent, the first cabinet-level official in Trump's team to visit Ukraine, is certain to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who has said he is open to a deal with Washington and hopes he can obtain U.S. security guarantees to end the war with Russia.
