U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James O'Brien met in Kyiv on August 14 with Ukrainian presidential administration head Andriy Yermak, the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram. O'Brien arrived in the Ukrainian capital on August 13 and met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and with representatives of Ukrainian civil society. "His presence here in Ukraine sends a strong message: U.S. support for Ukraine does not waiver," U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink wrote on the X social-media site.
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