Blinken says independent Ukraine will outlast Putin

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said there will be an independent Ukraine "a lot longer than there's going to be a Vladimir Putin," as the Russian leader continues his unprovoked invasion of the country. "One way or the other, Ukraine will be there and at some point Putin won't," Blinken told CNN. The top US diplomat said that the US is "working as hard as we can to limit, to stop, to put an end to this war of choice that Russia is committing." "We're doing that through the support we're providing Ukraine every single day. We're doing that by the pressure we're exerting against Russia every single day," he said, adding that his hope is the death and destruction can be ended "sooner rather than later."

His remarks came as the US tries to find a balance between aiding its ally and not further escalating the Russian invasion. A total of around 29,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Tuesday, The Kremlin’s spin doctor is demanding that the US return Alaska to Russia and also pay reparations to make up for the White House’s crippling sanctions imposed in the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.Russian Parliament member Oleg Matveychev, who often speaks on behalf of top government officials, made the outlandish demands Sunday while on Russian state TV