Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine’s negotiating delegation will travel to the US this week. Zelenskyy spoke to journalists alongside British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in the city of Pryluky in the Chernihiv region, at the site of the missile strike.
The delegation’s central message to the Donald Trump administration will be the need to increase pressure on Russia. Zelenskyy said they would seek stronger financial assistance and air defense support for Ukraine, along with sanctions and other measures.
Ukrainian delegation to travel to the US
Zelenskyy said the negotiating team was currently in Europe and was expected to leave for the US the next day or the day after.

The Ukrainian president said he had told all of Ukraine’s international partners that air defenses needed to be strengthened. Describing air defense as Ukraine’s top priority, Zelenskyy said the country needed both domestic production and support from its partners.
Missile strike in Pryluky
Zelenskyy and Miliband traveled to Pryluky as part of the British minister’s visit to Kyiv. Thanking Miliband, Zelenskyy said he had proposed the visit so that the minister could see firsthand the daily attacks in the city and the struggle faced by its residents.
According to the Ukrainian side, a missile launched by the Russian Armed Forces on October 7 struck a five-story building in Pryluky. The latest figures from the Ukrainian side put the death toll at 22.