The US embassy in Ukraine, which had been withdrawn due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reopened on the 18th in the capital Kiiu.
It has been more than three months since the embassy in Kiiu was closed on February 14, ten days before the Russian invasion, and personnel transferred to neighbouring Poland, Poland.
US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln announced in a statement that “Today we are officially resuming business at the embassy in Kiiwu.”
“A few days before Russian troops moved across Ukraine’s borders to wage a war on President Putin’s ill-choice, we lowered the Kiiu embassy flag,” Blincoln said. “We made it clear that this is not going to block our support and involvement for the Ukrainian people and government,” he said.
The US withdrew its embassy personnel from Kiiwu and worked in Poland.
Other European countries that withdrew from Kiiu are also reopening their embassies one after another.
The Korean embassy, which had been serving as a diplomatic mission at the Chernivchi temporary office since last March, also resumed its work by returning to Kii earlier this month.
The Russian army attacked Kiiwu intensively at the beginning of the war and was eventually defeated.
“With our security support, the Ukrainian people are defending their country against Russia’s ruthless invasion, and the American flag is flying over the embassy once again,” Blincoln said.
“With this significant step, we have taken additional steps to strengthen the safety of our colleagues returning to Kiiwu,” he said.
Earlier on the 25th of last month, President Joe Biden appointed veteran diplomat Brigitte Brink, Slovak ambassador to Slovakia, as the vacant US ambassador to Ukraine.