The Biden admin is accelerating plans to reopen the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, a senior State Dept. official told Axios — part of an increasingly bold and risky approach to the war in Ukraine.
Kristina Kvien , chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, walks through Lviv, Ukraine, last week. She also visited Kyiv on Sunday. Photo: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Imagesto reopen the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, a senior State Department official told Axios, part of an increasingly bold and potentially risky approach to the Russia-Ukraine war.
It's the culmination of a behind-the-scenes effort led by Blinken to have U.S. diplomats return to Kyiv at the earliest possible date after"The secretary relayed to his senior team and to [Ukrainian] Foreign Minister [Dmytro] Kuleba that our return to Kyiv is a testament to Ukraine's success, Moscow's failure and our effective and enduring partnership with the government and people of a sovereign, democratic and free Ukraine," said the senior official.U.S.
A humiliating defeat is not an option for him. Senior Biden officials want to avoid a situation in which Putin feels like his own survival, or the survival of his regime, is threatened. In that "existential" scenario, Putin may resort to the most extreme measures, including the use of nuclear weapons, according to sources familiar with the sensitive discussions inside the administration.of extremely sensitive information from the Biden administration have seriously concerned senior officials including, reportedly, the president himself.
President Biden was reportedly "livid" about recent stories reporting that U.S. targeting intelligence has helped Ukraine kill Russian generals, according to the New York Times'
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