Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visits Kyiv again. This is his second visit to the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.. The American diplomat was on a train from Poland all night and is going to hold high-level meetings with representatives of the Ukrainian authorities.

Officials say the Joe Biden administration is using the visit to inform Kyiv of its intention to provide the Ukrainian army with the necessary weapons and ammunition.. As part of these new commitments, the US will transfer $675 million in aid to Ukraine, which will include additional missiles and armored vehicles.. Thus, the cost of total US aid since the start of the Russian invasion will rise to $13.5 billion.. The administration also intends to allocate an additional $2 billion under the Foreign Defense Financing program to strengthen the security of Ukraine and its neighbors.. The details of what this money will go to are not yet known, writes the Washington Post..

The publication adds that there are signs that the United States is increasingly committed to ending the war unleashed by Russia.. A senior State Department official told reporters ahead of Blinken's visit that US support is aimed at empowering Ukraine "

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Many Ukrainians, however, are confident that Putin will never want to sit down at the negotiating table.. And he's ready to destroy Ukraine rather than settle for more limited gains on the battlefield.. So it remains only to defeat his army in battle. And while the US hopes that Ukraine will eventually be able to negotiate acceptable terms with Russia to end the war, the Ukrainian side acknowledges that neither Kyiv nor Moscow is ready to end the fighting right now.. Because the current situation is absolutely unacceptable for Ukraine.

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“Now the Ukrainians do not have a viable map on the basis of which it would be possible to negotiate. 20% of their territory lost. Approximately 30% of the industrial and agricultural potential is no more,” said another unnamed State Department official..

U.S. officials say Blinken's visit to Kyiv also aims to prepare for a " During the meeting, the Biden administration will try to consolidate global support for Ukraine. And this at a time when developing countries are suffering from a food crisis, and Europe is preparing for an energy-deficit winter..

“The transatlantic community is making sacrifices. The global south is in pain. We need to keep reminding everyone that if we don't stay on our current course, the entire architecture that supports a free and prosperous open world will be even more threatened than it was,"