The US top diplomat to Ukraine Kristina Kvien and her team arrived in Kyiv on Sunday, a senior State Department official said, after Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised on a visit last month to re-open the US embassy in the Ukrainian capital soon.
The team's visit was timed to commemorate Victory in Europe Day on Sunday, the official said.
Earlier on April 25, The United States promised to reopen its embassy in Kyiv soon, as Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine's capital and hailed its success so far against Russia's invasion.
Both men said the fact they were able to come to Kyiv was proof of Ukraine's tenacity in forcing Moscow to abandon an assault on the capital on March, and promised more aid to fend off Russian troops now attempting an advance in the east.
"What you've done in repelling the Russians in the battle of Kyiv is extraordinary and inspiring quite frankly to the rest of the world," Austin told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a meeting overnight, after a train journey from Poland. "We are here to support you in any way possible."
Said Blinken: "The reason we're back is because of you, because of the extraordinary courage, leadership and success that you've had in pushing back this horrific Russian aggression."
The US Embassy in Kyiv said the Department of State had shut down consular operations in the country on February 24.
