First foreign state visit since taking office. Two cities at once beijing and harbin, putin is flying along with the new, just approved cabinet of ministers, foreign minister lavrov, the new minister of defense, belausov. The former head of the military department, now the secretary of safbez shaigu, is also flying. At night, president putin signed decrees appointing his new team and held the first meeting at night. Look. Thank you very much, please. Dear colleagues, good evening. I have just signed decrees on the formation of a new government, i congratulate you on this, putins first meeting with the new cabinet takes place closer to midnight, to the right hand of the president is Prime Minister mikhail mishustin, to the left, who has become the second person in the government, denis manturov, is responsible for the defense industry. In total, the new government includes 32 person, Prime Minister, 10 deputies and 21 ministers. Information about new members of the cabinet of ministers
Antony blinken is meeting this morning with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky. Blinken arrived in kyiv early tuesday, local time, on an unannounced Diplomatic Mission to reassure ukraine it has american support as it fights back increasingly intense russian attacks. His visit comes less than a month after Congress Approved a long delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside 60 billion in aid for ukraine. During this mornings meeting, blinken told zelensky the new Weapons Package is already arriving and more is coming, stressing, quote, thats going to make a difference. Zelensky, in turn, thanked the u. S. For the latest Weapons Package. Fierce battles are taking place near the border in eastern and northeastern ukraine, with outgunned and outnumbered ukrainian soldiers trying to push back the significant Russian Ground offensive. Speaking sunday, blinken said, quote, if putin thinks he can outlast ukraine, outlast its supporters, he is wrong again. Us Secretary Of State Anton
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