The visit was the first official from the United States since the outbreak of war.

On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that veteran diplomat Bridget Brink will be the new diplomat in Ukraine.

An important message for the country, says SVT's reporter Elin Jönsson on site at Dnipro.

-Just that you choose to reopen your embassy means a lot to a country that is at war precisely for its independence.

Other types of weapons

US correspondent Stefan Åsberg believes that the decision to reopen the embassies is a symbolic act.

- The United States wants other countries to follow suit.

They want to open the way, instill self-confidence and point out that they will actually continue to support Ukraine in the long term - both economically and militarily, he says.

He also points out that the United States has gone from sending weapons systems that are there to defend to now sending advanced weapon systems to eliminate the enemy.

- The most interesting statement today actually came from Secretary of Defense Austin.

He said part of this US strategy was based on helping Ukraine so much that the Russian military was weakening and could not carry out a similar invasion in the near future.