Zelenskiy calls for more air defences as Blinken arrives in Kyiv

Plea comes as US secretary of state makes first visit to Ukraine since new aid package was passed by Congress

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The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday morning on his first visit to Ukraine since a major US aid package was passed last month, as Ukrainian forces struggle to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks.

Blinken, who arrived by train from Poland in an unannounced visit, met Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, shortly after arriving.