Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin to visit to Kyiv on Sunday, Zelenskiy says



Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out in a steel warehouse following a military strike, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Lapshyn

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KYIV, April 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday.

He told a news conference in Kyiv that he would discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs to battle Russia’s invasion.

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Reporting by Natalia Zinets
Writing by Tom Balmforth
Editing by Frances Kerry

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