“Russia’s strategic failure”: the United States announced its plans in Ukraine
The new US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink promised to turn Russia's special operation in Ukraine into a “strategic failure” for Moscow.
She stated this at a hearing in the Foreign Relations Committee in the US Senate, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Brin listened to the parting words of the American senators and answered their questions.
“Your job will be difficult because you will now have to move the embassy again to Kyiv, provide humanitarian and other assistance to Ukraine, and after the end of the war you will need to provide reconstruction assistance to Ukraine. There will be a lot of analysis of the situation. We hope that you will play a proactive role in Ukraine and follow reforms. I expect you to actively support whatever is necessary for the Ukrainian military to win the war,” said Senator Jim Risch.
In response to this, the new ambassador promised to “help Ukraine on the battlefield and in negotiations”:
“I promise that I will help Ukraine achieve success both on the battlefield and during negotiations. We will ensure that Russia's efforts to dominate Ukraine become a strategic failure. I will also support humanitarian, economic assistance and responsibility for war crimes on the territory of Ukraine on the part of Russia.”
Brin also compared Ukraine to Afghanistan, from where US troops were hastily withdrawn last year:
“I think we have to do more and more and more. We have not given enough resources to Afghanistan, so here we must do the maximum that we can do. This is a big challenge for us, we need to approach this issue creatively and innovatively.”
The ambassador also promised to facilitate the export of wheat and other grains from Ukraine:
“As for export from ports, this is a very big problem now, because Russia is blocking ports on the Black and Azov Seas. We are trying to work with international partners, other parties, to find alternative routes for corn, for grains in Ukraine, and also to work with other organizations that provide assistance to provide to those countries that depended on these exports.”
Formerly PolitNavigator reported that Brink is a career diplomat who joined the State Department in 1996. Since then, she has managed to work in many “hot” spots - in Serbia in the late 90s, during the war in Georgia in 2008, she oversaw issues of the South Caucasus and relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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