By train from Poland to Kiev, Blinken: We saw people on the streets of the capital, evidence that the battle was won

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By train from Poland to Kiev, Blinken: We saw people on the streets of the

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spent about three hours with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his senior team in the capital Kiev.

"This was the whole focus of our visit. "We wanted to focus on the work that needed to be done to see the game plan we have, how we are moving forward in all these different lines of effort," said Blinken.

Asked by a reporter what they had seen on the way to the capital, Blinken said they had taken a train from southwestern Poland to Kiev.

"So we did not see much, except to look out of the train window. "In Kiev, we went straight to the presidential palace," he told CNN.

The top US diplomat said "there were not many opportunities to talk to the Ukrainians". "Of course we saw people on the streets in Kiev, proof that the battle for Kiev was won," he said.

On the surface, there were signs of normal life in parts of the city, he said. "But this is in stark contrast to what is happening in other parts of Ukraine, in the south and in the east, where Russian brutality is doing terrible things to people every day," Blinken said.

While in Kiev, Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Zelensky, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and Interior Minister Denys Monastrysky for an extended bilateral meeting, a senior Department official said. of the State.

This is the first high-level visit by the US to Ukraine since Russia launched its occupation two months ago. 


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