US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Wednesday, where he was due to announce more than a billion dollars in fresh aid to Ukraine.
“We expect the secretary to be able to announce more than a billion dollars in new US funding for Ukraine during the course of this visit,” a senior US State Department official said en route to Kyiv. The State Department said Blinken had arrived in the Ukrainian capital and was greeted by US ambassador Bridget Brink.