Pompeo to Travel to Ukraine for Meeting With President Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a ceremony welcoming Ukrainians, who were freed by pro-Russian rebels during a prisoner exchange, at the Boryspil airport outside Kiev on Dec. 29, 2019. Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Ukraine in January to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, the State Department said.

Pompeo will go to Kyiv on Jan. 3, 2020, to meet with Zelensky, Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko, and Defense Minister Andriy Zahorodnyuk “to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the department said in a statement.