Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced trip to Ukraine on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the country since Russia's invasion, the State Department said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press in the Treaty Room at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., Aug. 10, 2023.Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the country since Russia's invasion, the State Department confirmed.
While in the country, Blinken is expected to announce "more than a billion dollars in new U.S. funding for Ukraine," according to a senior State Department official. The secretary's delegation departed the Washington area late Monday night, touching down in Poland on Tuesday before journeying through the night by train and reaching Kyiv Wednesday morning local time.
The secretary's visit comes as the Biden administration is waiting to see whether Congress will greenlight its request for an additionalAlthough House Speaker Kevin McCarthy previously promised his Republican-controlled chamber wouldn't hand over a "blank check" to Ukraine, the last spending bill that contained significant aid to Ukraine passed with broad bipartisan support.
One official said the visit was a chance to "make the case" for additional funding to the American visit, as well as to ensure assistance was "maximally effective for the moment.
"It's always important to come at a time when we are engaged together in a new push," they said. "Now's a good time to come and assess."
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