Blinken hails Ukraine's 'extraordinary resilience'

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KYIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised what he called Ukraine's 'extraordinary resilience' against Russian aggression during a visit to Chernigiv region on Thursday (Sep 7), before the top diplomat concluded his

During the visit Blinken went to see a school basement in Yagidne, where Russian troops kept dozens of villagers including elderly people and children captive."But we are also seeing something else that's incredibly powerful ... the extraordinary resilience of the Ukrainian people."They withdrew after about a month, and Yagidne was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on Mar 30, 2022, but the Russian army left towns destroyed and land heavily mined.

Blinken later visited a hydroelectric dam alongside Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, before leaving Kyiv in the early evening.

 

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