The US ambassador returns to Kyiv

US Ambassador to Ukraine Christina Kwien and her team arrived in Kyiv today, a senior State Department official said after Secretary of State Anthony Blinken promised during a visit to the US embassy last month that he would soon open the embassy. .

The move is the latest step towards the resumption of a full US presence in Kyiv after diplomats began returning to the western city of Lviv last month after leaving the country before the Russian invasion on February 24 amid concerns about their safety

Videos posted on social media on Sunday showed a convoy entering the embassy compound.

Blinken instructed officials to work for the return of the diplomats to Kyiv as soon as possible “in accordance with security and defense requirements” and spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on Sunday to brief him on the visit, he said. the official.

Source: Capital

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