Plea comes as US secretary of state makes first visit to Ukraine since new aid package was passed by Congress
, arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning on his first visit to Ukraine since a major US aid package was passed last month, as Ukrainian forces struggle to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.
“Some of it has already arrived and more of it will be arriving,” said Blinken of the US aid. “And that’s going to make a real difference against the ongoing Russian aggression on the battlefield.” Blinken’s visit, his fourth to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, comes at a difficult time for Kyiv, with aleading to thousands of displaced residents and fears of losing territory already liberated from Russian control once in a 2022 counteroffensive. Ukraine is alsoIn recent months, the war in Gaza has drawn away attention from Ukraine, and there is also a fear in Kyiv of attention waning as the US moves into an election cycle.
A senior official travelling with Blinken told Reuters that artillery, air defence systems and long-range ballistic missiles had already been delivered to Ukraine since the aid package was approved.
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