Regarding US affairs in Ukraine, Julie Davis will leave Kyiv in the coming weeks, sources told the Financial Times.
According to three of the newspaper’s interlocutors, Davis is suffering from “disappointment” in his work amid disagreements with US President Donald Trump over reducing his support for Ukraine.
Davis has already informed the State Department of her decision. Sources told the Financial Times that she plans to retire from the Foreign Service, ending her three-decade career.
Julie Davis has been heading the US diplomatic mission in Ukraine since May 2025. Her predecessor in this position, Bridget Brink, also resigned due to her disagreement with Trump’s policy towards Ukraine. After her dismissal Express It is unfortunate that in trying to make peace, Trump chose to pressure the victim (Ukraine) rather than the aggressor (Russia).
In 2019, during his first term, Trump fired US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. Doubt Her betrayal. Yovanovitch was a key witness in the investigation conducted by congressional Democrats into Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Zelensky. This investigation almost cost Trump his presidency.
US diplomats who spoke to the Financial Times noted that other colleagues whose work was linked to Ukraine had left or been fired during Trump’s presidency. One diplomat said that State Department officials who speak out in defense of Ukraine under Trump are “targeted.”