Zelensky says US officials will visit Kiev this Sunday (24)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Sunday.

“I don’t think it’s a secret that the people of the US are coming to us tomorrow, Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin coming to us,” Zelensky said at a news conference held at an underground subway station. in Kiev.

Zelensky also said, “We hope, when security allows, that the President of the United States will come and talk to us.”

THE CNN contacted the US Department of Defense and the State Department for comment. The White House declined to comment on the possible trip.

US President Joe Biden said last week that he was still working with his team to determine whether to send a senior member of his government to Ukraine.

This Sunday (24), many Ukrainians will observe Easter, according to the Julian calendar.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Zelensky in Kiev on April 9.

Source: CNN Brasil

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