CNN —There was no doubting the message from Antony Blinken’s musical debut in Kyiv on Tuesday night. The visit is the first by a Biden administration official since the long-delayed passage of US supplemental funding to the war-torn country. The bar, which has heavy metal doors and metal reinforcements along the walls, is popular with war veterans and soldiers on leave. In a personal address from the stage, Blinken said: “The United States is with you, so much of the world is with you. And they’re fighting, not just for Ukraine but for the free world – and the free world is with you too.”The venue posted about the unusual performance on its Instagram page, captioning it: “Keep on rocking on a free world!

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Persons: Antony Blinken’s, Neil Young’s, ” Blinken, Volodymyr Zelensky, Barman Dictat, Blinken, Neil Young, ”, Bill Clinton Organizations: CNN, Biden, Reduta Jazz Locations: Kyiv, United States, Ukraine, Prague