Belatedly visiting Kyiv on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States’s support for Ukraine.

But while the U.S. will provide Ukraine with an additional $200 million in defensive support, something the White House has unnecessarily hesitated about for weeks, Blinken added that he would not provide a written response to Russian security demands. Russia had sought that response this week. Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Friday.