Blinken visits kyiv to reaffirm US support for Ukraine: “Military aid is on the way”

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenstated this Tuesday during his visit to kyiv that the new military aid approved by Washington last month has begun to arrive in Ukraine and “will have an effect” on the battlefield, where Ukraine is experiencing a complicated situation due to Russian advances in Donetsk. and Kharkiv.

During a meeting with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr ZelenskyBlinken acknowledged that Ukraine is going through “difficult times” and stated that part of the military aid has already arrived and another is “on the way,” according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform.

Likewise, Zelensky has taken advantage of the visit of the head of US diplomacy to ask the White House two Patriot missile systems additional resources that will allow us to defend the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and the rest of that northeastern region attacked by Russia.

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During a meeting with Blinken in kyiv, Zelensky stated that Ukraine has its “greater deficit” in anti-aircraft systems. “I think it is the biggest problem,” added the Ukrainian head of state, quoted by the national news agency, Ukrinform.

The Ukrainian president also highlighted the need to receive more missiles from the United States. For us it is key that they arrive so fast as possible,” Zelensky said before Blinken, who traveled by surprise to kyiv this Tuesday to reaffirm US support at a particularly difficult time for Ukraine on the battlefield.

The US Secretary of State added that Washington will do everything possible to ensure that Ukraine surpasses the rest of its partners. “critical” challenges you will face in the coming months.

Russia opened a new front in the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv last Friday with a cross-border attack that has brought the fighting to the Ukrainian side of the border. According to Zelensky himself, the Russian objective is to disperse the Ukrainian troops and force them to neglect other fronts in which Russia has been making progress for months.

According to the Ukrainian president, both leaders will also speak during Blinken’s visit to kyiv on bilateral agreement in matters of security in which Ukraine and the United States work.

Zelensky also asked Blinken to help Ukraine to attract as many countries as possible to the so-called Peace Summit to be held in mid-June in Switzerland.