Ukraine war: Danish PM Fredriksson and US Secretary of State Blinken visit Kyiv

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced go to Wednesday, hours after Russia launched its first missile assault in every week towards the Ukrainian capital.

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Blinken’s journey aimed to evaluate Ukraine’s 3-month-old counteroffensive and sign continued U.S. assist for Kyiv’s efforts to drive out the Kremlin’s forces as some Western allies are expressing worries about progress after 18 months of conflict, in keeping with US officers.

After arriving in Kyiv, Blinken laid a wreath on the metropolis’s Berkovetske cemetery to commemorate members of the Ukrainian armed forces who misplaced their lives defending the nation.

“We need to make it possible for Ukraine has what it wants, not solely to achieve the counteroffensive however has what it wants for the long-term, to make it possible for it has a powerful deterrent,” Blinken stated throughout the go to. 

“We’re additionally decided to proceed to work with our companions as they construct and rebuild a powerful financial system, robust democracy.”

In a convention name with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that US help to Ukraine “can’t affect the course of the particular army operation.”

Blinken is anticipated to fulfill with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and met with the nation’s prime minister and overseas minister, to debate the continued counteroffensive and reconstruction efforts.

Danish PM additionally visits Kyiv

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has paid an official go to to Kyiv, simply two weeks after Copenhagen promised to ship F16 fighter jets to Ukraine. 

“Thanks for the F-16s” wrote lawmaker Iaroslav Jelezniak wrote on social media, with an image of Frederiksen in parliament. 

Laying a wreath within the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, Frederiksen wrote on Twitter “we is not going to overlook those that paid the best worth to defend our values. Those that did not make it dwelling alive. Those that stood up for all of us. Those that made a distinction.”