During Blinken and Austin's meeting with Zelensky, the US officials also named the new US ambassador to Ukraine, APA reports citing BBC.
Veteran diplomat Bridget Brink, who is currently the ambassador to Slovakia, will be filling in a position that has been left vacant since early 2020 under Donald Trump's administration. US media reported that President Joe Biden will nominate her later on Monday.
The US also said it was reviewing security conditions in capital Kyiv and will reopen the embassy there as soon as the situation allows, in a new diplomatic push in Ukraine since Russia's invasion nearly two months ago.
The embassy remains shut with a temporary office that has been relocated to neighbouring Poland. Embassy staff would start making day trips to the western Ukrainian city Lviv in the coming days, according to US media.
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