US confirms Blinken and Austin met Zelensky

Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin travelled to Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky

The US has confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin travelled to Kyiv to meet Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday.

A Ukrainian official earlier said Blinken was in Ukraine, but the US refused to comment, Qazet.az reports.

But in the last few moments, Washington announced the visit and said the pair were now out of Ukrainian territory.