Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, pledging aid worth $713 million and announced that U.S. diplomats would return to Kyiv.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a picture during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, April 25, 2022. Blinken and Austin made an unannounced trip to Ukraine to meet with Zelensky and other officials on Sunday. For security reasons, the entire trip was shrouded in secrecy and the U.S. government did not publicly acknowledge their presence until they were on the way out. The U.S.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center back to the camera, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, third from left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, attend their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday, April 25, 2022. After the meeting, Blinken spoke at the Polish-Ukraine border.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speak with reporters Monday, April 25, 2022, in Poland, near the Ukraine border, after returning from their trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Stacked behind them is aid that is being shipped into Ukraine. U.S. diplomas would begin a gradual return
to Ukraine later this week. Washington pulled its diplomats from Ukraine prior to Russia’s invasion. "Since the start of hostilities, we've had a team across the border in Poland who's been handling this work for us," a defense official , according to the Agence France-Presse. "Starting this week, members of that team will be able to do day trips instead into Ukraine. Ultimately, [they will] resume presence in Kyiv."A policeman walks in front of the closed US embassy in Kyiv, on February 15, 2022. -Russia’s ambassador to Washington warned the U.S. against sending more arms to Ukraine.
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