As Blinken heads to Ukraine, Zelensky undercuts Western support with surprise sacking of energy executive Jamie McIntyre
BLINKEN’S UKRAINE MISSION: Secretary of State
Antony Blinken wraps up his meetings with G-7 foreign ministers in London today and heads to Ukraine, where tomorrow he meets with President
Volodymyr Zelensky. Blinken’s primary mission is to show solid support for Zelenesky’s government in the face of Russia’s recent military buildup along the country’s eastern border and the implicit threat of aggression.
But as Zelensky has lobbied for faster admission to the NATO alliance, his government last week fired
‘A CALIBRATED, PRACTICAL APPROACH’: Speaking at a meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers in London, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declined to return fire in the wake of incendiary statements from North Korea in reaction to President Joe Biden’s reference to the North’s nuclear program as a “serious threat.”