“I sincerely, sincerely hope that we will stay on the diplomatic, peaceful path,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying at a speech in front of the US Embassy in Kiev.
Earlier it became known that during his visit to Kiev on January 19, Blinken will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba.
The US Secretary of State will hold talks in Geneva on January 21 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.