Some social-media users defended the diplomat's performance in Kyiv, while others wrote it may come across as tone-deaf.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the stage to perform with a Ukrainian band at a bar on Tuesday night during a surprise trip to Kyiv, drawing mixed reactions on social media.Before performing a rendition of Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World' with Kyiv punk band 19.99, Blinken told his audience that the U.S. would continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia in the ongoing war.'The United States is with you. So much of the world is with you.
@SecBlinken saw firsthand that the spirit of Ukraine remains unbreakable.
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