KYIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Kyiv on Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
“The American officials are coming to visit us. I will meet the defense secretary [Lloyd Austin] and Antony Blinken,” Zelenskyy said, in what would be the first official visit by U.S. government officials since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
A State Department spokesperson told VOA in an email on Saturday: “We decline to comment.”
The Pentagon also could not confirm the information to VOA. The White House also declined to comment.
British officials said that Russian troops haven’t gained significant new ground despite announcing a renewed offensive along the eastern front, while Ukraine has declared a nationwide curfew ahead of Orthodox Easter on Sunday.
Ukraine said Russian forces obstructed attempts to evacuate civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol.
(VOA)
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