What happened? The US President Joe Biden has announced his intention to nominate an experienced US diplomat Bridget Ann Brink as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine.
Source. This was reported by the press service of the White House.
Details. It is noted that Bridget Ann Brink is currently serving as the US Ambassador to the Slovak Republic. Prior to that, she served as Senior Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US Department of State, with responsibility for issues related to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus.
In addition, she was the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tashkent and Tbilisi.
The White House notes that Bridget Brink is the winner of numerous awards. She holds Master’s degrees in International Relations and Political Theory from the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Kenyon College. She speaks Russian and has studied Slovak, Serbian, Georgian, and French.
Previously. Earlier the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin had announced new military assistance to Ukraine and the return of American diplomats to the country during their secret visit to Kyiv.