US Ambassador resignation in Ukraine after three years of mission

WASHINGTON.-He State Department from the United States confirmed that the Ambassador in Ukraine, Bridget Brink, resigned from office. The resignation of the diplomat occurred three years after being nominated by former president Joe Biden, and when a few weeks after the beginning of the Russian invasion had elapsed.

At a press conference, this Thursday, April 10, the state department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce only said that the ambassador “is back home.” In addition, he highlighted his “Extraordinary performance” in the middle of a war context.

Bruce also said they wish the best to ambassador Bridget Brink, who assumed the mission in Ukraine in 2022, after leaving her position as an ambassador in Slovakia.

The state department spokeswoman highlighted the commitment of the Donald Trump administration with the end of the war In Ukraine, one of its main campaign promises.

On April 7, the Vice Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Svydenko, said her country will send a delegation to Washington “this week” to talk about the agreement on strategic minerals, which the United States seeks to access preferably in exchange for the aid that provided kyiv against Russia. In the social network X, he indicated that the objective of the mission is to “advance the negotiations” on this “strategic” document.

War conversations

The United States has deployed in its agenda of recent months conversations with both Ukraine and Russia, and separately, to specify the end of the war.

At the end of March, Trump said Moscow could “be giving long” to the possibility of a high fire agreement. At the same time, the president has emphasized that Ukraine must give in his inflexible approach if to wait with the military support of the United States.