More from Blinken and Austin’s meeting with Zelensky: during the visit, the US officials also named the new US ambassador to Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Veteran diplomat Bridget Brink, who is currently the ambassador to Slovakia, will be filling in a position that has been left vacant since early 2020 under Donald Trump’s administration. US media reported that President Joe Biden will nominate her later on Monday.<\/p>\n
The US also said it was reviewing security conditions in capital Kyiv and will reopen the embassy there as soon as the situation allows, in a new diplomatic push in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion nearly two months ago.<\/p>\n
The embassy remains shut with a temporary office that has been relocated to neighbouring Poland. Embassy staff would start making day trips to the western Ukrainian city Lviv in the coming days, according to US media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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