STORY: :: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs in a bar on his trip to Kyiv
:: He played Neil Young's 'Rockin' in the Free World'
:: May 14, 2024
"And listen, I know this is a really, really difficult time. Your soldiers, your citizens, particularly in the Northeast and Kharkiv are suffering tremendously. But, they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you and they're fighting, not just for a free Ukraine, but for the free world. And the free world is with you, too.
Before his rare appearance as a musician at Kyiv's Bar Diktat, Blinken reaffirmed U.S. support for Ukraine.
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young released "Rockin' in the Free World" in 1989 after a planned concert in the Soviet Union was canceled.
