Blinken arrives in Kyiv on unannounced visit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on Thursday, September 8, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on an unannounced visit.

This was reported by AP, according to Ukrinform.

During meetings with senior Ukrainian officials, Blinken said the Joe Biden administration would provide $2 billion in long-term external military funding to Ukraine and its 18 neighbors, including NATO members and regional security partners, who are "most potentially at risk for future Russian aggression."

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Earlier, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, opening the meeting of the Ukraine Support Contact Group at the Ramstein air base in Germany, said that the U.S. would provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth $675 million.

As Ukrinform reported, late April, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin came to Ukraine on a support visit, having met with the country's political and military leadership.