The US ambassador to Ukraine is stepped in tense relations under Trump

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, a step that might hold the sensitive relationship already between Washington and Kiev, which was strained through President Trump’s efforts to end the war.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an e -mail, referring to the American envoy to Ukraine, Bridge A. Brink: “Ambassador Brenk is stepped down.” “The ambassador was there for three years – this is a long time in a war area.”

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tami Bruce, later confirmed the departure of Mrs. Bring at a daily press conference, saying: “We wish her success.” She refused to discuss it more. Mrs. Brenk cannot be reached immediately to comment.

It was not immediately clear whether Mrs. Brink has voluntarily resigned, asked the new Trump administration, or a mixture of the two. President Trump has transformed Ukraine’s US policy since he took office, including Cut the military aid temporarily to Kyiv And click on it to sign A controversial deal for a large share in metal and energy projects in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not say when Mrs. Brenk would leave her platform or who will succeed her. Amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the position of the American ambassador in Kiev was among the most demanding external service, including participation in coordinating military and financial aid that formed the backbone of Ukraine’s war effort.

With the announcement of the departure of Mrs. Bring on Thursday evening, the Ukrainian delegation was on its way to Washington to negotiate the metal deal, which was filmed by Mr. Trump as a means of “recovering” American aid to Ukraine.

The departure of Mrs. Bring comes amid increasing tension between Washington and Kiev – the relations have been the most tense since the war began. in A catastrophic oval office meeting in FebruaryMr. Trump and Vice President c. Several White House officials echoed the Kremlin novelsThe anger of Ukrainian officials.

She was Mrs. Brenk He was nominated to the position By former President Joe R. Biden Junior has been working in Kiev since May 2022. She regularly expressed her support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia through social media sites and speeches.

It also gained a cruciate cosmic reputation for reforms, and prompted the Ukrainian government to fight corruption, among other things – a Magi position on some Ukrainian government officials who resented what they considered an intervention American supervision.

After Mr. Trump took office earlier this year, Mrs. Brenk was forced to control her approach to comply with the new White House policy, which adopted a more neutral position in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Perhaps this was more clear in a Social media yet I was made last week after a A Russian missile attack on the city of Kreifi Ra, which killed 19 people, including nine children. Mrs. Brink condemned the attack, but she failed to determine that Russia fired the missile. Omission Strong criticism from Mr. ZelinskiWho have argued that silence would encourage Moscow to “continue the war and ignore diplomacy.”

Later, Mrs. Brentck admitted to Russia in a post about another missile attack, which is He traveled to Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday To pay her respect for the victims of the Russian strike.