U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the stage in Kyiv, belting out Neil Younger’s “Rockin’ within the Free World” at Barman Dictat, an underground cocktail bar and music venue, whereas Russian troops proceed their advance in northeastern Ukraine.
Is that this the very best use of American tax {dollars} throughout a global disaster?
“The approaching weeks and months will demand quite a lot of Ukrainians, who’ve already sacrificed a lot. I’ve come to Ukraine with a message: You aren’t alone,” Blinken mentioned throughout a speech on the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, 13 Information Now reported.
“We typically hear that point is on Putin’s facet,” Blinken added. “That Russia’s greater inhabitants, Putin’s willingness to throw extra Russians into the meat grinder of his making, and sink extra of Russia’s assets into attempting to subjugate Ukraine implies that Russia can’t lose.”
“The truth is, Russia’s been dropping the battle to manage Ukraine’s future for 20 years. And Putin has it incorrect – time is on Ukraine’s facet,” he mentioned. “Because the conflict goes on, Russia goes again in time. Ukraine is transferring ahead.”
His phrases, nonetheless, have been overshadowed by a weird incident later that night.
In a surreal twist, Blinken took to the stage at a neighborhood bar referred to as The Barman, becoming a member of a band to cowl Neil Younger’s “Rockin’ within the Free World.”
The video of the efficiency, which rapidly went viral, exhibits the highest US diplomat rocking out as Russian forces proceed to make vital beneficial properties in northeastern Ukraine.
They’re laughing in our faces whereas taking our cash. As an alternative of strategic planning, Blinken is unwinding on taxpayers’ dime.
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BREAKING: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs guitar and performs “Rocking to the Free World” in a bar in Kyiv, Ukraine pic.twitter.com/eHdMvr0EW0
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The Gateway Pundit reported earlier that the north entrance opened by Russia within the Kharkov oblast continues to overextend the already outgunned, outmanned and outmaneuvered Ukrainian forces that attempt to maintain the ‘Northern Wind’ with out dropping any extra terrain in Jap Donetsk area.
With the Russian Federation compelled probing a number of factors alongside the 600-mile lengthy frontline, it’s more and more clear that the defenders are very close to a collapse of their strains.
That is particularly if this bit of knowledge that has arisen will get confirmed: it says present advances in Kharkov can be only a ‘reconnaissance in pressure’ and the true assault operation remains to be to be unleashed.
The knowledge comes from retired Ukrainian SBU colonel Oleg Starikov. In keeping with him, the primary forces will likely be introduced into battle solely after a bridgehead has been created.
US secretary of state Anthony Blinken arrived immediately (14) in Kyiv for a speech. US officers are reportedly ‘working to hurry up the supply’ of the accepted assist.
Prime little, too late?
The main focus level proper now’s the small Kharkov metropolis of Vovchansk/Volchansk. 6,000 individuals have evacuated it since Friday, fleeing a second Russian advance after greater than two years.
