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Antony Blinken’s rock performance in Kyiv bar divides opinion in Ukraine
US secretary of state took to stage with his guitar to perform Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World
Shaun Walker in Kyiv
Wed 15 May 2024 08.42 EDT
It was an unexpected moment at the end of a long day in Kyiv for Antony Blinken, after numerous high-level meetings and serious pronouncements promising the speedy delivery of US military aid. The secretary of state picked up a guitar and performed a rendition of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World with a Ukrainian rock band.
The images, quickly shared on social media, split opinion in Ukraine, with the performance one of the main topics of discussion in Kyiv on Wednesday. Some hailed Blinken’s turn as a welcome gesture of support, while others questioned the optics of performing in a bar while the situation at the front is so tense.
Blinken took to the stage at Barman Dictat, a well-known speakeasy-style bar in central Kyiv hidden in a basement inside a courtyard, and joined the Ukrainian band 19.99.
“Your soldiers, your citizens – particularly in the north-east, in Kharkiv – are suffering tremendously,” Blinken said before playing. “But they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you and they’re fighting not just for a free Ukraine, but for the free world. And the free world is with you, too.”
More foolishness here as an entire Ukrainian generation lays moldering on the Eastern Front:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...rmance-in-kyiv-bar-divides-opinion-in-ukraine
What a phony bastard.
