The United States will resume diplomatic operations in Ukraine this week and President Joe Biden will nominate a new ambassador to the country on Monday, the U.S. State Department said.
Washington is committed to the return of U.S. diplomats from its embassy in Kyiv “as soon as possible,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in anThe statement adds that President Biden will nominate Bridget Brink—the current U.S. Ambassador to Slovakia—to be the next ambassador to Ukraine, filling a spot that has been vacant since the 2019 ouster of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch by former president Donald Trump.
Austin told the the country’s leadership that the Pentagon will expand military training for Ukrainian service members and continue to coordinate the shipment of heavy weaponry, ammunition and spare parts. Blinken and Austin also announced Ukraine will receive $322 million in foreign military financing as part of a larger $713 million aid package for 15 allied nations and partner nations who have supported Kyiv with military supplies.
Speaking to reporters in Poland after returning from Kyiv, Blinken said that in terms of war aims “Russia has already failed and Ukraine has already succeeded.”
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