The United States will reopen its embassy in Ukraine soon, its top diplomat said on Monday after he and the U.S. defence secretary visited Kyiv.
Both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the fact were able to come to Ukraine’s capital was proof of its tenacity in forcing Moscow to abandon an assault on Kyiv last month.
Russia’s ambassador in Washington said Moscow had sent a diplomatic note demanding a halt to U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine. Blinken said U.S. diplomats would first return to the western city of Lviv and should be back in Kyiv within weeks. The White House announced President Joe Biden had nominated Bridget Brink, now U.S. ambassador in Slovakia, to be the new envoy to Kyiv. The post has been vacant for nearly three years.
Neither side publicly linked the fire to the war, but Russia had accused Ukraine of a helicopter attack in that area last week. Unverified images on the internet showed a sudden blast, and other images show blazes in two separate locations simultaneously. In the past, Ukraine has declined to comment or denied accusations of cross border strikes.Article content
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