The new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink arrived in Kyiv on May 29, according to a message on the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
“Ambassador Brink was appointed by President Biden as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine on April 25, 2022, confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2022, and arrived in Kyiv on May 29, 2022,” Brink’s biography on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reads.
New US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has received a Ukrainian visa. Now she will be able to arrive at the embassy in Kyiv, said Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova.
“It is a great pleasure to issue a visa and meet with a colleague – the new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brinks. Ukraine has always had the best leaders of the American diplomatic mission, who were not only highly professional diplomats, but also wonderful people and examples of public service. And this time, I did not exception!” Markarova wrote on Facebook on Saturday, noting that she “expects active joint work at a defining time in our struggle for independence and democracy!”
U.S. President Joseph Biden intends to nominate Bridget Brink as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.
“Today, President Biden announced his intention to nominate veteran U.S. diplomat Bridget A. Brink to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine,” the White House said on its website on Monday.
Bridget A. Brink, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently serves as the U.S. 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 U.S. Department of State, with responsibility for issues related to Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. She also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Tbilisi, Georgia. Brink spent her twenty-five-year career in the Foreign Service focused on advancing U.S. policy in Europe and Eurasia. She was the Director for the Aegean and the South Caucasus at the National Security Council and served in the State Department as the Deputy Director for Southern European Affairs, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, and Cyprus Desk Officer. She began her career in Belgrade, Serbia.
Originally from Michigan, Brink is the recipient of numerous performance 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.
