Travel pool note #16 // Bilat participants & still no UK answer
- From
- Megan Messerly
- Sent
- Wednesday, July 8, 2026 4:39 PM TRT
Passing along the following Zelenskyy bilat participants:
UNITED STATES:
President Donald J. Trump
Secretary Marco Rubio, Department of State
Secretary Scott Bessent, Department of Treasury
Secretary Pete Hegseth, Department of Defense
Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
T.H. Dan Scavino, Assistant to the President and White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Presidential Personnel
T.H. Stephen Miller, Assistant to the President and White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor
T.H. Richard Walters, Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Deputy Chief of Staff
General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
UKRAINE:
H.E. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
Mr. Rustem UMEROV, Secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
Mr. Andrii SYBIHA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
Mr. Sergiy KYSLYTSYA, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President
Mr. Ihor ZHOVKVA, Deputy Head of the Office of the President
Mr. Pavlo PALISA, Deputy Head of the Office of the President
Mr. Sergii KORETSKYI, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the NJSC Naftogaz
Mr. David ARAKHAMIA, Faction Leader of the Political Party “Servant of the People”
Mr Rostyslav DUSHKO, Interpreter
Also still no word from the White House on the president's Truth and whether only the old big plane is going to the UK. (The 29000 was on the tarmac with us when we landed.) OR whether the new plane is going straight from Turkey to Mildenhall as well.
Will advise as soon as we have more clarity.
Megan Messerly
White House reporter
POLITICO