DNIPRO, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken declared Monday that “Russia is failing” in its war aims, as deadly new fighting flared in Ukraine’s eastern battle zone and Russian forces reportedly aimed a round of airstrikes at rail facilities in the country’s west and center.
Blinken’s remarks to reporters in Poland came hours after he and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III traveled to the Ukrainian capital for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the first official U.S. visit to Kyiv since the war began two months ago.
In a show of support, the two announced a fresh infusion of $300 million in military aid and a revived U.S. diplomatic presence in Ukraine.
