During a surprise visit to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the stage alongside a local band, 19.99, and played Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Wearing a tucked-in black shirt and blue jeans and wielding a cherry red Epiphone guitar, Blinken, 62, started with a few words to the crowd at Barman Dictat, a legendary, speakeasy-style venue in a basement in downtown Kyiv. “I know this is a really, really difficult time. Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the northeast...
The US secretary of state, who performed with a Kyiv band in a bar this week, is the latest musically inclined politician to hit the stageName: Rocking politicians.Age: The latest example of the trend came on Tuesday night, in a basement in Kyiv. Continue reading
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has traveled to Ukraine to emphasize America's "enduring support" for the embattled Eastern European nation that has been fighting a war against Russia for more than two years, according to a press statement from a State Department spokesperson."Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Ukraine today to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and highlight the United States’ enduring support for Ukraine. While in Ukraine, Secretary Blinken will meet with...
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, performed Neil Young's 1989 Rockin' in the Free World at a bar in Kyiv during a visit on Wednesday night. He was called on stage by the frontman of Ukrainian rock group 19.99, before he played guitar. Young's song was written in 1989 after he was denied an opportunity to perform in the Soviet Union and was released as the Berlin Wall came down. The song choice underscored Blinken's support for Ukraine as Russia steps up attacks on the city of...
Antony Blinken is getting some heat for his decision to rock out on the guitar at a basement bar during his visit to Kyiv but by the same token, some say he shredded too. The U.S. Secretary of State is in Ukraine's capital to pledge the States'…
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U.S. secretary of state’s visit comes as Russia’s assault on the Kharkiv region intensifies.
Fresh from a day of delivering optimistic prognoses about how Ukraine would fare in the war with Russia despite gloomy news from the front lines, U.S. Secretary of State and amateur musician Antony Blinken may have thought he had the perfect upbeat song to perform with a Kyiv bar band on his fourth visit to the capital since the conflict began in 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken 's surprise trip to Ukraine Tuesday took a musical twist when he joined a band onstage in Kyiv to perform a rendition of Neil Young 's Rockin' in the Free World.