Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Ukraine comes as its military counteroffensive faces stiff Russian resistance in the country’s south.
KYIV — Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday to boost support for Kyiv as its military makes only incremental gains against entrenched Russian forces, its defense minister resigned amid controversy and Congress is girding for fierce debates about future funding for the war.The top U.S.
Blinken’s event on anti-corruption is probably aimed at signaling that the Biden administration takes government malfeasance seriously while maintaining its confidence in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who announced on Sunday his decision to replace Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov with Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine’s State Property Fund.
that Kyiv will fail to achieve a key goal of the offensive, retaking the southeastern city of Melitopol, an important transit hub that Moscow has turned into the occupied regional capital of Zaporizhzhia, one of four Ukrainian regions that Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared — illegally — to be annexed to Russia.Privately, senior U.S.
Another reason for the trip is the upcoming gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York this month, Blinken’s aides said.
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