US secretary of state took to stage with his guitar to perform Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free WorldIt was an unexpected moment at the end of a long day in Kyiv for Antony Blinken, after numerous high-level meetings and serious pronouncements promising the speedy delivery of US military aid. The secretary of state picked up a guitar and performed a rendition of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World with a Ukrainian rock band.The images, quickly shared on social media, split opinion in Ukraine, with some hailing them as a welcome gesture of support and others questioning the optics of performing in a bar while the situation at the front is so tense. Continue reading…
US secretary of state took to stage with his guitar to perform Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World
It was an unexpected moment at the end of a long day in Kyiv for Antony Blinken, after numerous high-level meetings and serious pronouncements promising the speedy delivery of US military aid. The secretary of state picked up a guitar and performed a rendition of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World with a Ukrainian rock band.
The images, quickly shared on social media, split opinion in Ukraine, with some hailing them as a welcome gesture of support and others questioning the optics of performing in a bar while the situation at the front is so tense.
