Treasury minister is expected to visit Kyiv

The first senior Trump administration official was expected to visit Ukraine, a day after Russia launched an American prisoner in a development that President Trump called a positive signal to stop the shooting talks.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessens’s journey comes amid Kiev and the American allies about whether the United States’ support for the Ukrainian war effort will now be preserved after Mr. Trump has returned to the White House.

The Trump administration has already requested an arrangement for the United States to secure the rights of Ukrainian natural resources, Including rare Earth mineralsAs a guarantee for more American assistance.

Mr. Trump said In a post on the social truth On Tuesday, Mr. Pesin was sent to Ukraine because “this war should end soon – a lot of death and destruction.”

Mr. Trump, who achieved American spending in a variety of areas in the first days of his new administration, also wrote that the visit will address American assistance to Ukraine. He wrote that the United States has spent billions of dollars “with a very little to show it.”

President Voludmir Zelinski of Ukraine said he welcomed the visit of Mr. Pesin. “We are already ready to hold meetings with US representatives – negotiations will start soon,” Mr. Zelinski in his evening speech in front of the Ukrainians on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump’s focus was reflected on mining rights to choose Mr. Bessent to make the first high -level visit, instead of a senior security or military official to discuss the war.

Hours after Mr. Trump announced the visit, Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine that included a ballistic missile shot in Kiev, the capital.

The missile strike, which occurred shortly before 5 am, killed one person and was wounded by four others, including a 9 -year -old girl, according to the Administration of Kiev. It was not clear whether Mr. Bessent was at Kyiv at the time.

The debris fell from objections by air defense missiles on the scattered debris, which caused fires in the buildings in four areas, and the explosions were frequent across the capital for several minutes.

The missile car in Ukraine also came hours after Russia An American prisoner was released, Mark VogelAs Mr. Trump said he hoped to be an initial step towards negotiating the end of the war in Ukraine.

Mr. Zellinski, in a post on XIt also crossed support for the end of the war. “This Russian terrorism against Ukraine will not stop alone,” he wrote. “At the present time, we need unity and support for all our partners in the struggle for a fair end to this war.”

In general, Russia launched six ballistic missiles and 123 drones an explosion in Ukraine overnight, after a period of nearly a month, Russia has largely refrained from using ballistic missiles. The fighting also continued along the confrontation line in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces continued the attacks.

The Ukrainian army reported that 149 air bombs of aircraft were dropped and more than 2000 short -range drones were launched at the front lines sites.

In another missile attack on Ukraine, on Tuesday, Russia struck the main region that produces natural gas in the country, Boltava, and continued attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure.

Far from Ukraine, the Polish army informed on Tuesday that a Russian military plane briefly entered into the airspace, although the army said it was in contact with its Russian counterparts. The error ratio to a problem with the navigation system in the plane.