evidence: He noted that in the year since he was last in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces have " taken back more than 50% of the territory that Russia has seized from it since February of 2022." [...] Blinken in Kyiv: The US secretary of state’s third visit to Kyiv comes as Ukraine’s counteroffensive enters its fourth month. In a brief exchange with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Blinken praised the "good progress" of Ukraine’s attempts to reclaim its occupied territories. Blinken is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, from whom he can expect a firsthand report of Ukrainian efforts to regain land around the eastern city of Bakhmut. [...] According to the State Department, Blinken also briefly went into Ukraine in March 2022, when he met on the border with Kuleba.