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Reuters
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By SERGIY VOLOSHYN and Simon Lewis

Blinken visits Ukraine to offer new US military aid for counteroffensive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during his visit in Kyiv, Ukraine September 8, 2022. Genya Savilov/Pool via REUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv on Thursday to pledge $2 billion in fresh security aid, including support the Biden administration hopes will bolster a Ukrainian counteroffensive aimed at pushing back Russian forces in the south and east.

Blinken’s second visit to the Ukrainian capital since Russia's February invasion comes as Ukraine reported progress in its effort to retake territory seized by Russia near Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.

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