Biden also intends to reopen the US embassy in Kyiv and provide additional aid.
Brink is a career diplomat who is now serving as Slovakia’s ambassador.
She has worked for the US Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs as a senior advisor and deputy assistant secretary, focusing on Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, as well as deputy head of mission in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Tbilisi, Georgia.
Following an unreported trip to Ukraine by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he informed of the impending candidacy, Brink’s nomination was officially announced on Monday.
According to Washington, the US embassy in Kyiv, which was closed just days before Russia launched its attack on February 24, has yet to reopen.
Blinken and Austin also announced an increase in US military aid to Ukraine of $300 million, as well as $165 million in ammunition. The US has given Ukraine $3.7 billion since the invasion began.
Since former President Donald Trump withdrew Marie Yovanovitch from her post in 2019, Ukraine has been without an ambassador.
The United States Senate will have to confirm Brink, who is from Michigan and speaks Russian.
