Kiev expects easing of tensions on border with Russia after Blinkenâs visit - minister Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev and Washington "are carefully tracking" the pullout of Russian forces from the border with Ukraine KIEV, May 6. /TASS/. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba believes that the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ukraine will lead to a certain de-escalation of tensions on the country’s east border. "Yes, it (Blinken’s visit - TASS) will lead to a certain degree of de-escalation but will not removes threats. It will not be a full de-escalation," he told 1+1 TV channel on Thursday when asked if "the degree of tensions will decrease" on the border particularly in the context of "the concentration of Russian troops on Ukraine’s eastern border."