1/ The acting US Ambassador to Ukraine is to resign over differences with the Trump Administration, becoming the second ambassador to do so in just over a year, and the third to resign under Donald Trump. She is said to be frustrated at Trump's lack of support for Ukraine. ⬇️
2/ The Financial Times reports that Julie Davis will leave her post in the next few weeks and retire from the diplomatic service. She has been serving simultaneously as ambassador to Cyprus and Ukraine, but is based in Kyiv.
3/ Davis is said to have been blindsided by Trump's decision to nominate Republican donor John Breslow to be the next ambassador to Cyprus. The State Department has been sidelined in diplomacy in Ukraine, with Trump allies like Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner leading instead.
4/ Her impending resignation makes her the third ambassador to Ukraine to quit or be sacked under Trump. Marie Yovanovitch was recalled in 2019 and subsequently testified in the impeachment hearings over his attempt to blackmail Volodymr Zelenskyy to get dirt on Joe Biden.
5/ Davis's predecessor Bridget Brink resigned in protest at Trump's approach to Ukraine in April 2025, and has subsequently accused him of corruption and appeasing Vladimir Putin.
6/ Numerous other State Department Ukraine specialists have resigned, retired or been fired under Trump. According to one US diplomat, those who advocate for Ukraine in the State Department "get a target on their back." /end
Source:
ft.com/content/33d5d8…
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