evidence: Ukraine’s Zelensky speaks of hope on Easter Sunday as Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin due to arrive in Kyiv - The visit by Blinken and Austin is the first to Ukraine’s capital by high-level American officials since the invasion began February 24 - The meeting is set to take place as Ukrainians and Russians observed Orthodox Easter The United States’ top diplomat and defence chief were set on Sunday to make their first wartime visits to Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine two months ago, with fierce fighting casting a long shadow over Orthodox Easter. [...] Their visit comes as Russian forces show no sign of easing their attacks after a missile strike on the southern city of Odesa that killed eight people, including an infant.