Bridget Brink, a veteran foreign service officer who has spent most of her career in the shadow of the former Soviet Union, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the US ambassador to Ukraine as the country fends off a Russian invasion that's entered its third month.
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The nomination comes as US officials say American diplomats will soon return to Kyiv, which they evacuated when the war began. Ukrainian forces have since successfully defended the city, and most of the fighting has shifted toward the eastern part of the country.
Daniel Fried, a former US ambassador to Poland who has known Brink for years, described her as "not reckless, but fearless," and expected she'll be eager to get to Kyiv.
Biden's choice of Brink, currently the US ambassador to Slovakia, comes after a lengthy delay. Although the president has moved to fill other diplomatic posts around the world, he waited more than a year after taking office before settling on Brink, then nearly three more months for Monday's announcement.
