The US’s acting ambassador to Ukraine, Julie Davis, is set to leave her post in the coming weeks due to disagreements with President Donald Trump, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the State Department’s deputy spokesman Tommy Pigott, Davis is set to depart Kyiv and retire in June, though he denied accusations of a rift between Davis and Trump as the reason for her departure.
“Ambassador Davis has been a steadfast proponent of the Trump administration’s efforts to bring about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine,” Pigott said. “She will continue to proudly advance President Trump’s policies until she officially departs Kyiv in June 2026 and retires from the Department,” he added.
According to the Financial Times, however, Davis decided to step down out of frustration with Trump’s lack of strong support for Ukraine. Sources cited by the paper also said she felt “blindsided” by his October decision to nominate Republican donor John Breslow to replace her as ambassador to Cyprus, a position she has held since 2023.
Joe Biden’s ambassador to Kyiv, Bridget Brink, also resigned shortly after Trump’s inauguration due to disagreements over Trump’s reduced support for Ukraine. While Biden sent over $100 billion in military aid to Ukraine during his term, Trump severely limited aid packages to Ukraine, often saying that doing so works to prolong the conflict with Russia.
On the campaign trail for the 2024 election, Trump famously promised to end the war in a day. Talks between the US, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Russian President Vladimir Putin are at a hard impasse.
In addition to withholding arms and funds, Trump has also opened to the idea of territorial concessions as a means to end the war, a solution that Zelensky has rejected time and time again, viewing it as a loss of Ukraine’s sovereignty and incompatible with international law.
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