Blinken visits Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine’s counteroffensive

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ukraine’s capital Wednesday for an unannounced visit hours after Russia launched a missile attack on the city.

Blinken is expected to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as the country’s prime minister and foreign minister, to discuss the ongoing counteroffensive and reconstruction efforts.

Blinken’s trip aimed to assess Ukraine’s 3-month-old counteroffensive and signal continued U.S. support.Blinken thanked her for Denmark’s leadership in a coalition training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s and for promising to donate the fighter jets to Ukraine, according to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.

Blinken laid a wreath at the city’s Berkovetske cemetery to commemorate members of the Ukrainian armed forces who lost their lives defending the country.Blinken’s visit is expected to include the announcement of new military aid of between $175 million to $200 million.Other issues, including support for Ukraine’s war-torn economy, will be discussed, building on Blinken’s June announcement in London of $1.

The attack damaged grain elevators, administrative buildings, and agricultural enterprises, local authorities said. U.S. officials said Blinken’s decision to stay overnight in Kyiv is intended to send a symbolic signal of American support for Ukraine as the war drags on.

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