New US Ambassador Bridget A. Brink has arrived in Kyiv.
"I am honored to join our fantastic team in support of Ukraine," she wrote on Twitter.
Prior to that, Brink served as Ambassador of the United States to Slovakia, serving as Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State, and coordinating issues related to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Brink was also the Deputy Head of Mission at the US Embassies in Tashkent and Tbilisi, and the Director of the Aegean and South Caucasus at the National Security Council. In addition, she worked at the State Department as Deputy Director for Southern Europe.
- On May 6, 2019, it became known that the US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Jovanovich is closing. She urgently left for Washington for consultations. Jovanovic testified to Congress in the investigation into the possible impeachment of then-US President Donald Trump. From then until Brickʼs appointment, there was no US ambassador to Ukraine, and Chargé dʼAffaires Christine Quinn was present.