Blinken, Lammy arrive in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine's leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and Britain's Foreign Secretary Lammy travel to Ukraine

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken walk to board a train, as they prepare to travel to Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, September 11, 2024. The British Foreign Secretary joined his American counterpart on a visit to Ukraine to discuss the country's military needs in its fight against Russia. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday for a series of meetings with senior government officials including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Blinken and Lammy pulled into Kyiv's main train station ahead of a busy schedule that comes at a crucial time in the war, with Kyiv urging its allies to allow it to strike deeper into Russian territory with Western weapons.

"I think it’s a critical moment for Ukraine in the midst of what is an intense fall fighting season with Russia continuing to escalate its aggression," Blinken said in London at a news conference with Lammy on Tuesday.

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