{"id":12360,"date":"2026-04-29T08:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/04\/29\/us-ambassador-to-ukraine-appointed-by-trump-steps-down-after-less-than-a-year-in-the-job-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:18:11","slug":"us-ambassador-to-ukraine-appointed-by-trump-steps-down-after-less-than-a-year-in-the-job-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/04\/29\/us-ambassador-to-ukraine-appointed-by-trump-steps-down-after-less-than-a-year-in-the-job-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador to Ukraine appointed by Trump steps down after less than a year in the job – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The acting US ambassador to Ukraine<\/a> will step down from her post after less than a year in the job, the state department has said, amid a lull in US-brokered efforts to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n

Julie Davis had grown frustrated with president Donald Trump<\/a> over his lack of support for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported, quoting unnamed sources. The state department denied any such disagreements took place and said she was retiring.<\/p>\n

Trump has been pressuring Kyiv to reach a peace deal<\/a> with Russia, saying the country could cede territory to secure an agreement. The president has so far has failed to bring the war to an end through ceasefire talks which have now largely stalled as Washington has concentrated its focus on the Iran war.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is false to suggest Ambassador Davis is resigning \u2018over differences with Donald Trump,\u2019\u201d state department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. \u201cShe will continue to proudly advance President Trump\u2019s policies until she officially departs Kyiv in June 2026 and retires from the department,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Davis, the top US embassy official is the charge d\u2019affaires but not a Senate-confirmed ambassador. She has also been serving as the US ambassador to Cyprus since 2023, operating a dual role during her time in Kyiv.<\/p>\n

She was named by the Trump administration<\/a> in May last year after her predecessor, fellow career diplomat Bridget Brink, stepped down.<\/p>\n

Brink, who had been appointed by then President Joe Biden and is now running as a Democrat for Congress, said that she had grown alarmed by Trump\u2019s \u201cappeasement\u201d of Russia and how he \u201cput pressure on the victim, Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since assuming office in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly assigned blame to Ukraine for Russia\u2019s invasion<\/a> of the country more than four years ago and has had a tumultuous relationship<\/a> with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

With Agence France-Presse and Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The acting US ambassador to Ukraine will step down from her post after less than a year in the job, the state department has said, amid a lull in US-brokered efforts to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia\u2019s invasion. Julie Davis had grown frustrated with president Donald Trump over his lack of support for Ukraine, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}