Antony Blinken plays guitar in basement bar on trip to Kyiv

Antony Blinken plays guitar in basement bar on trip to Kyiv

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has played a rendition of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World with a local band at a bar called Diktat on his surprise trip to Kyiv.

The song was released by Neil Young in 1989 after a planned concert in the Soviet Union was cancelled.

Before he began playing, Blinken told the audience: "You need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you and they're fighting, not just for a free Ukraine, but for the free world. And the free world is with you, too."

14 May 2024