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Blinken Is Rocking the Free World at Kyiv’s Barman Dictatorship

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a surprise guitar performance during a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday. Playing alongside a local band, Blinken told an audience that the US stands with Ukraine, before launching into a rendition of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World.Source: Bloomberg
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken followed up a pledge to support Ukraine in its war against Russia by playing a cover of “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a basement bar just off Kyiv’s main strip.

Dressed in a black shirt and faded jeans and strapping on an electric guitar, the top US diplomat launched into Neil Young’s hit anthem. He was backed by a local jazz-punk band after a short speech expressing empathy with Ukrainians facing a new Russian onslaught in the northeast of the country.

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