A secretary of state walks into a bar: Mixed reviews after Blinken rocks out in Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine — Was it guitar-hero time? Or a tone-deaf attempt at wartime solidarity? Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken garnered some mixed reviews in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday after busting out his ’80s-rock chops at a bedraggled but beloved Kyiv bar. Some Ukrainians cheered Tuesday night’s packed-house performance as a show of warmth and support at a gloomy and frightening ...
by Sabra Ayres and Laura King, Los Angeles Times
May 15, 2024
3 minutes
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KYIV, Ukraine — Was it guitar-hero time? Or a tone-deaf attempt at wartime solidarity?
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken garnered some mixed reviews in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday after busting out his ’80s-rock chops at a bedraggled but beloved Kyiv bar.
Some Ukrainians cheered Tuesday night’s packed-house performance as a show of warmth and support at a gloomy and frightening moment in Ukraine’s war against invading Russian forces.
For others, though, the top U.S. diplomat’s basement-bar
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