United States Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink He intends to give up his early post, three sources told CBS News.
The State Department confirmed its intention to resign on Thursday afternoon.
“Ambassador Brink is renouncing. He has been the ambassador there for three years, that is a long time in a war zone. And, frankly, the war has continued for too long,” said a state department spokesman in a statement. “The real problem is whether Russians and Ukrainians are ready to do what is necessary to end this war.”
Brink has not formally presented resignation documents, but has farewell calls to save, the sources said.
Ambassador Brink has not responded to a request for comments.
A senior American official told CBS that his resignation comes from an unusual mixture of personal and political conerns, including the Recent Usaid layoffs. Brink is serving in a war zone away from his family, since kyiv is designated as an unaccompanied position, where officers serve without bringing their families with them.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio In order to keep Brink, a career external service officer, at work and rejected the initial resignation he had presented in January as part of the standard billing between the administrations.
Brink’s resignation reaches a Fundamental moment For relations between the United States and Surraine. Trump’s administration has tried Broker the end of the Russian invasion In part, ending the policy of isolating diplomatic, Vladimir Putin, who invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
While Ukraine accepted a proposal of high the Fire of the USA, Russia no. It is not clear if President Trump has established any deadline for the conclusion of diplomacy, but continues to have a special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff In front of the dissemination of Russia.
Ate NATO meeting Last week, Rubio told us that patience with Russia became thin.
“We will know soon, in a matter of weeks, not months, if Russia takes peace seriously or not. I hope they are,” Rubio said on April 4.
Trump’s fascination for a long time with Putin and frustration with the Ukraine Zenskyy has complicated diplomacy and caused a group of Western allies.
Your Drust of Zenskyy It was visible in a Explosive confrontation of the Oval Office In February. Mr. Trump told Zenskyy to reach Russia’s fire or “we are out”, and vice president JD Vance accused the Ukrainian president of being “disrespectful” after challenging the statement of the vice president that the war had dragged Urkrainine or lacked Ukkraine or lacked the vice president Jd Vance also warned Zensky said “thanks” once, all this meeting? “
Trump administration later Military leisure and intelligence Help Ukraine in the midst of the consequences. That Intelligence support resumed Once Ukraine agreed to accompany the scope of the Trump administration to Putin. Trump continues to sit in the almost $ 4 billion in an American military aid that is already designated for Ukraine. The United States has been a key arms supplier since it begged the Russian invasion.
Margaret Brennan
