The visit by Scott Bessent was the first by a Trump official since the president’s return to office and came amid uncertainty about the future of U.S. support for Ukraine.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he visited Ukraine this week to further align the United States with the Ukrainian people and to let Americans know that they will see value created for them in post-war Ukraine.

Scott Bessent, the new US Treasury Secretary under Trump’s administration, has a monster-sized mission. He’s been handed an economic puzzle that could break all financial markets and the entire global economy if he screws up.

Ukraine is one of Europe’s largest supplier of rare-earth minerals, with rich deposits of metals including lithium, titanium, uranium and iron.

WASHINGTON—President Trump is dispatching Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky, as the new administration takes on his pledge to end the nearly three-year-old war.

US President Donald Trump has confirmed media reports that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is to visit Ukraine. Source: Trump on his social network Truth Social, as reported by European Pravda Details: He said that Bessent will hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the visit.