The United States will help Ukraine overcome the Russian invasion, promises the American ambassador

The new US ambassador to Kyiv, Bridget Brink, pledged on Thursday that the US would help Ukraine 'resist Russian aggression', speaking for the first time from the Ukrainian capital after the embassy reopened mid-May.

The United States will help Ukraine overcome the Russian invasion, promises the American ambassador

The new US ambassador to Kyiv, Bridget Brink, pledged on Thursday that the US would help Ukraine 'resist Russian aggression', speaking for the first time from the Ukrainian capital after the embassy reopened mid-May.

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She was speaking after being received by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to whom she presented her credentials as ambassador.

Citing Washington's priorities for Ukraine, she spoke of help to "resist" the invasion launched by Moscow on February 24, as well as to "ensure a peaceful and stable Europe" and "make it clear that force does not not allowed".

She also promised humanitarian aid from the United States to Ukraine and to ensure that "the whole world holds Russia to account for the atrocities and war crimes" attributed to it by the Ukrainian authorities.

“Ukraine must decide its own future. One point, that's all,” Ms. Brink said again, Washington also committing by her voice to help her rebuild “when the time is right”.

Like several other Western nations, the United States reopened its embassy in Kyiv on May 18. They had decided to move it from Kyiv to Lviv, a city near the Polish border, from February 14, before completely evacuating all their staff from Ukraine.

The capital, Kyiv, has not been directly threatened by Russian troops since their withdrawal from the region at the end of March, to concentrate on the eastern and southern fronts.

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