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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and plans to bolster America’s diplomatic presence in the country when they met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday night.
The Biden administration pick to be ambassador to Ukraine is Bridget Brink, a longtime diplomat who currently serves as U.S. ambassador to Slovakia.
The two members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet also relayed that the United States will provide Ukraine with further economic and security assistance, as well as offer expanded military training for Ukrainian forces fending off Russia’s invasion.
The news of the U.S. actions, outlined in a State Department readout, came after the conclusion of the secretive talks conducted in Ukraine’s capital. Zelenskyy announced on Saturday that Blinken and Austin planned to visit Kyiv, but little was known about the details of their trip until Monday morning.
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