Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that “serious” members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s team will travel to Ukraine this week, the first such visit since Trump took office. Zelenskyy did not specify who would be part of the American delegation but said the trip would take place before the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14.

Zelenskyy, who is trying to forge close relations with Trump as the US president seeks to rapidly stop the bloodshed, said the visit would take place before the 4-16 Munich Security Conference.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that members of U.S. President Donald Trump's team would travel to Ukraine this week, the first such visit at an important diplomatic juncture in the war with Russia.