Blinken says US will return diplomats to Ukraine during meeting in Kyiv, official says

The US will resume its diplomatic presence in Ukraine after Secretaries Blinken and Austin met Zelensky in Kyiv, a senior State Department official said

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an unannounced trip to Kyiv on Sunday that US diplomats would return to Ukraine this week, a senior State Department official said, characterizing the move as a strong message of solidarity from the United States.

Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to the Ukrainian capital, where they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials, making them the highest-level US officials to have traveled to the country since the Russian invasion began in late February.

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