US Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin visited Kyiv on Sunday
- for the first high-level US visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion
- met Ukrainian PM Zelenskiy and other officials
Info via Reuters:
- Blinken and Austin told Zelenskiy US diplomats will return to Ukraine in the coming week, beginning in western city of Lviv but eventually returning to Kyiv embassy
- Biden administration on Monday will formally nominate Bridget Brink, current ambassador to Slovakia, to be US ambassador to Ukraine
- US will provide more than $713 mln in new foreign military financing for Ukraine and 15 other nations in central and Eastern Europe
- new funding will help Ukraine fight renewed Russian offensive in east and south and transition to more advanced weapons and air defense systems
