Top U.S. officials heading to Kyiv as war shifts focus

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kyiv on Sunday for the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on April 12, 2022 in Washington, D.C. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kyiv on Sunday for the first time since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.

Austin will visit Kyiv just before traveling to Germany next week for a planned summit of 40 NATO and allied nations to discuss ways to continue arming and supporting Ukraine. “I emphasize once again: last week, signals, messages, steps, deadlines, numbers — I am talking all this in relation to weapons from the United States — everything has improved. And I am grateful for this. And we are very much looking forward to this,” Zelenskyy added.

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