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according to the us state department website, us secretary of state blinken will travel to ukraine with british foreign secretary david lammy on september 11 local time.

ria novosti pointed out that the reason for blinken's visit to ukraine was ukraine's demand for new weapons and he would not call for peace talks.

the u.s. state department website shows that the two will meet with ukrainian president zelensky and senior ukrainian government officials to discuss continued support for ukraine and how to ensure ukraine's long-term prosperity in military, economic and democratic aspects.

according to afp, lamy announced on september 10 local time that he would travel to kiev with blinken this week to reiterate his support for ukraine.

"we are the closest of allies, so i am pleased that we will be traveling together and demonstrating our commitment to ukraine," he said, noting that it was the "first joint visit of this kind in more than a decade."

according to ria novosti, local media reports show that zelensky is trying to persuade the united states to provide ukraine with the patriot air defense system through european leaders, and he regards italian prime minister meroni as a "mediator." another topic expected in the negotiations is ukraine's attempt to obtain permission to use us weapons to strike deep into russian territory. the white house did not support such attacks before, but according to us media reports, blinken may grant this permission during his visit.

ria novosti quoted the white house as saying that the prospects for negotiations with russia depend on zelensky and that blinken will not "exert pressure" during the visit.

after the ukrainian armed forces launched an attack on russian territory, russian president vladimir putin reportedly said it was impossible to negotiate with those who "attack civilians, civilian infrastructure or try to pose a threat to nuclear facilities."

russia believes that providing weapons to ukraine interferes with the resolution of the russian-ukrainian conflict and directly involves nato countries in the conflict. russian foreign minister lavrov previously pointed out that any weapons shipped to ukraine will become a legitimate target of russia. the kremlin has also stated that western countries providing weapons to ukraine is not conducive to negotiations.

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