China News Service, April 24. According to a CNN report, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the 23rd local time that U.S. Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin will visit Kyiv on the 24th.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken.

  Zelensky also expressed the hope that US President Biden will visit Ukraine, saying "I think he will come."

  However, the White House has previously reiterated that Biden has no plans to visit Ukraine.