During a surprise visit to Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took the stage alongside a local band, 19.99, and played Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

Wearing a black, tucked-in shirt and blue jeans, and wielding a cherry red Epiphone guitar, the 62-year-old secretary of state started with a few words to the crowd at Barman Dictat, a legendary, speakeasy-style venue in a basement in downtown Kyiv.

“I know this is a really, really difficult time. Your soldiers, your…