{"id":18641,"date":"2025-04-10T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-ambassador-to-ukraine-steps-down-amid-strained-ties-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T22:15:10","slug":"u-s-ambassador-to-ukraine-steps-down-amid-strained-ties-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-ambassador-to-ukraine-steps-down-amid-strained-ties-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Steps Down Amid Strained Ties Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is leaving her post, the State Department announced Thursday, a move that may complicate the already delicate relationship between Washington and Kyiv, which has been strained by President Trump\u2019s efforts to end the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAmbassador Brink is stepping down,\u201d a State Department spokesperson said in an email, referring to the U.S. envoy to Ukraine, Bridget A. Brink. \u201cShe\u2019s been the ambassador there for three years \u2014 that\u2019s a long time in a war zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The State Department\u2019s chief spokeswoman, Tammy Bruce, later confirmed Ms. Brink\u2019s departure at a daily press briefing, saying, \u201cWe wish her well.\u201d She declined to discuss the matter further. Ms. Brink could not be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was not immediately clear whether Ms. Brink resigned voluntarily, was asked to step down by the new Trump administration, or a combination of both. President Trump has shifted America\u2019s Ukraine policy since taking office, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/03\/us\/politics\/trump-ukraine-military-aid.html\" title=\"\">temporarily cutting off military aid to Kyiv<\/a> and pressuring it to sign a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/28\/world\/europe\/ukraine-minerals-deal-us.html\" title=\"\">contentious deal to get a major stake in Ukraine\u2019s minerals and energy projects.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The State Department did not say when exactly Ms. Brink would leave her post or who would succeed her. Amid Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, the position of U.S. Ambassador in Kyiv has been among the most demanding in the foreign service, including involvement in coordinating the military and financial aid that has formed the backbone of Ukraine\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As Ms. Brink\u2019s departure was announced on Thursday evening, a Ukrainian delegation was on its way to Washington to negotiate the minerals deal, which Mr. Trump has portrayed as a way to \u201crecoup\u201d past U.S. aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Brink\u2019s departure comes amid heightened tension between Washington and Kyiv \u2014 relations have been the most strained since the war began. In a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/01\/us\/politics\/zelensky-showdown-trump.html\" title=\"\">disastrous Oval Office meeting in February<\/a>, Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance accused President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine of showing insufficient gratitude for U.S. help, while <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/24\/us\/politics\/trump-witkoff-russia-putin.html\" title=\"\">several White House officials have echoed Kremlin narratives<\/a>, angering Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Brink was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/25\/us\/politics\/ukraine-ambassador-embassy-biden.html\" title=\"\">nominated to the post<\/a> by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and had been serving in Kyiv since May 2022. She regularly expressed support for Ukraine\u2019s fight against Russia through social media posts and speeches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She also gained a reputation as a crusader for reforms, pushing the Ukrainian government to combat corruption, among other things \u2014 a stance that grated on some Ukrainian government officials who resented what they viewed as intrusive American oversight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Mr. Trump took office earlier this year, Ms. Brink was forced to adjust her approach to align with the new White House policy, which adopted a more neutral stance in the war between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This was perhaps most evident in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAmbKyiv\/status\/1908240767040315559\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media post<\/a> she made last week following a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/world\/europe\/ukraine-kryvyi-ri-attack.html\" title=\"\">Russian missile attack on the central town of Kryvyi Rih that killed 19 people, including nine children<\/a>. Ms. Brink condemned the attack but failed to specify that Russia had fired the missile. The omission <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/06\/world\/europe\/ukraine-kyiv-attack-russia.html\" title=\"\">drew sharp criticism from Mr. Zelensky<\/a>, who argued that silence would embolden Moscow to \u201ccontinue the war and ignore diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Later, Ms. Brink acknowledged Russia\u2019s role in a post about another missile attack, and she <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USAmbKyiv\/status\/1909969777369481242\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">traveled to Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday<\/a> to pay her respects to the victims of the Russian strike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     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