US Secretary of State appears in the basement of a kyiv bar on unannounced visit to Ukraine amid Russian invasion
Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, delivered a message to Ukraine on Tuesday in a rather unusual but joyful manner.
Blinken, 62, who landed in kyiv, Ukraine's capital, on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, visited a local bar where he stood behind a microphone with a red left-handed guitar to deliver a message of support to the people. of the war-torn region. country.
America's top diplomat joined the band at 7:99 p.m. on stage, playing Neil Young's “Rockin' in the Free World” while showing off his musical talents.
Before belting out the 1989 hit on stage with the band, Blinken addressed the audience and said: “I know this is a difficult time. Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the northeast and Kharkiv, are suffering. tremendously.
“But you need to know that America is with you, that much of the world is with you, and that you are fighting not just for a free Ukraine but for the free world.”
The US Secretary of State performed the song with the chorus “keep on rockin' in the free world.”
Young's rock anthem was released just before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The song was first performed at a time when the Soviet Union was hit by nationwide protests, resulting in the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and several nations, including Ukraine, gaining independence. .
