Top U.S. officials heading to Kyiv as war shifts focus

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kyiv on Sunday for the first time since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday.

The show of American support comes as Russian forces are massing in the east for a renewed assault and Ukrainian troops are taking delivery of a round of heavy artillery pieces, tanks and drones donated by western allies.

A steady stream of European leaders have flown to Kyiv over the past two weeks to meet

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