U.S. to Strengthen Security Assistance to Ukraine, Blinken Says

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 6.Photographer: Efrem Lukatsky/AP Pool
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is taking steps toward boosting security assistance to help Ukraine counter Russia’s “aggressive” and “destabilizing” actions.

“We are actively looking at strengthening even further our security cooperation and security assistance,” Blinken told reporters following a meeting with Thursday with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv without offering specific details.