Ukraine says Blinken reaffirmed 'ironclad' US support in phone call

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen (not seen) at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Pool

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured him in a phone call that Washington still backed Kyiv's effort to win the war with Russia and rejected attempts to cast doubt on its military capacity.

The minister, Dmytro Kuleba, made the comment after a recent Washington Post report detailed a downbeat assessment by U.S. intelligence officials of Kyiv's potential to retake significant portions of Russian-occupied territory.