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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced at a news conference that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would be in his country on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will have a meeting in May of 2021. The photo was taken by Ehren Lukatsky/POOL/AFP.
There were reports that the Biden administration was looking to send a high-ranking delegation.
Russian forces retreated from northern Ukraine earlier this month, abandoning a campaign to seize the Ukrainian capital.
The State Department didn't respond to a request for comment from Forbes, while the Pentagon didn't give any information.
As many prominent officials from around the world choose to go to Kyiv for meetings with the president, the announcement comes. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, traveled there earlier this month in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
The Secretary-General will meet with Zelensky in Kyiv and Putin in Moscow next week.
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that there would be more than $1 billion in aid to Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion began on February 24, the U.S. has given Ukraine over $3 billion in aid. The U.S. has given Ukraine a number of weapons.
Biden announced another billion dollars in aid to Ukraine.
Here are the weapons Ukraine is getting from the U.S. and others.
Biden announced $800 million in new assistance.
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