Ukraine Update May 16
The Purge, Front Lines, Rocking in the Free World
5 min readMay 16, 2024
Rocking in the Free World
During his visit, there certainly have been a lot of wasted bytes and breaths over the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken playing “Rockin’ in the Free World” in a popular Kyiv bar. He also visited the Wall of Remembrance, a prosthetic limb company, and highlighted Ukraine’s economic accomplishments during the war. But, yes — he also went out for a few drinks at Barman Dictat. The song choice was exactly as expected of a seasoned diplomat —…