U.S. ambassador to Ukraine: 'It's going to be a long, grinding, tough war'
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Bridget Brink, the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, speaks at a press conference on June 2 after presenting her credentials to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a ceremony at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv The U.S. Embassy shut down shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in February and reopened a month ago.
Natacha Pisarenko/AP
KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has gone through a lot recently.
Former president Donald Trump recalled the ambassador in 2019, an episode that became a big part of his first impeachment. This past February, the embassy was abruptly shut down shortly before Russia invaded.
It reopened last month, and the newly arrived ambassador, Bridget Brink, is the first permanent, Senate-confirmed ambassador in three years. She's overseeing a massive U.S. assistance program to Ukraine with a staff that for now is much smaller than what it was before the war.
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"I wish I had 48 hours in a day," Brink told NPR in an interview at the huge embassy compound.
She begins most days with meetings with Ukrainian government officials. That often involves a trip through Kyiv, where everyday life can seem mostly normal, until she reaches the heavily fortified government buildings.
"The first time I went to see the president (Volodymyr Zelenskyy), or whenever I go to see a minister, the offices are all barricaded. They're all dark. You have to walk along dark hallways with no light and go up dark elevators because for reasons of security, they don't keep the lights on," she said.
U.S Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink (left) receives a briefing from Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova in the badly damaged Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka on June 4. Ukraine says it's documented more than 15,000 potential Russian war crimes, and the U.S. government is funding Ukrainian efforts to investigate.
Natacha Pisarenko/AP
"Very heavily armed people are everywhere. Barricades and roadblocks are everywhere," she added. "Kyiv remains in a wartime posture."
Brink, who previously served as ambassador to Slovakia, arrived in Ukraine less than three weeks ago. She's already visited the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha, Irpin and Borodyanka, where Russian forces were accused of widespread abuses as they advanced to within 10 miles of the capital in the early days of the war.
Brink said the U.S. is funding Ukrainian efforts to investigate war crimes.
"This is a really important priority, and it's why I wanted to personally go to some of these sites early on," she said.
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Ukraine says it has documented more than 15,000 potential Russian war crimes. Three Russian soldiers have already been tried and convicted.
However, Ukraine faces a host of challenges, which include capturing Russian troops suspected of abuses and linking them to specific crimes. Ukraine says it wants to push ahead despite the ongoing war. If the country waits until the fighting is over, evidence and witnesses could be much harder to find.
Dual realities in a country at war
The ambassador said living in Kyiv often means dealing with dual realities — going about ordinary daily business that's punctuated by abrupt reminders of the ongoing war.
"On the one hand, it seems a little bit normal in that some shops and restaurants are starting to open and you can get some goods here," she said. "But on the other hand, throughout the day there are air raid sirens and it's against a threat that's very hard to guard against."
At the start of the war, Russia was attacking on three fronts — north, east and south. Now the fighting largely concentrated on the east. But it still imposes hardships on Ukrainians throughout the country.
"I just look at the resilience of the Ukrainian people from the president to the 10-year old girl that I met in Irpin, who had to hide for two and a half months in a dark, cold, dirty basement with missiles flying and hitting all around her," Brink said. "Yet she and her mom said they're going to stay and they're going to fight to the very end."
The war is nearly four months old and there's no end in sight. The momentum has swung back and forth, and Russia now appears to have the upper hand in the current fighting in the eastern part of Ukraine.
"My judgment is that this is going to be a long grinding, tough war," Brink said. "The Ukrainians are fighting inch by inch, yard by yard, kilometer by kilometer. It's incredibly intense, difficult fighting with lots of losses."
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Is US Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested? What Did She Do And Where Is She Now?
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Eva Chaudhary
October 14, 2022
Bridget Ann Brink Arrested
Internet viewers were astonished after the news of U.S. Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested on high treason charges captivated the netizens’ attention.
American diplomat Bridget Ann Brink, serving as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, has attracted the readers’ attention after news of her arrest for a money laundering case.
The diplomat was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the United States ambassador to Ukraine and presented her credentials in May 2022. She supported Ukraine throughout the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Before serving in Ukraine, she served as the United States Ambassador to Slovakia from August 20, 2019, until May 18, 2022.
The Michigan native served as a Cyprus desk officer until 2002. Ann served as a special assistant for Europe to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until 2004. Later, she worked as a political-economic chief in Tbilisi.
Also read: Why Did Tulsi Gabbard Retire? Arrest Charge And Net Worth
Is U.S. Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested?
The story’s original website, Real Raw News, featured a disclaimer stating that its stories were “humor, parody, and satire.” Therefore, it was hoax news regarding her arrest.
As per leadstories, The website has a history of publishing fake reports of the arrest and execution of public figures, celebrities, and government officials. Additionally, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from enforcing civil law.
Bridget Ann Brink Arrested
Twitter post claiming US Special Forces have arrested US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Ann Brink on charges of high treason.
Source: Twitter
However, a website name bestnewshere.com claimed U.S. Special Forces had arrested Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink on charges of high treason.
According to leadstories, an internet search of the keywords “ambassador Bridget brink arrested” yields no legitimate news reports of any such incident. The absence of corroborating reports on what would be a major international story indicates the claim is baseless.
As of October 11, 2022, the American diplomat was active on her official Twitter account @USAmbKyiv with a tweet posted in both English and Ukrainian:
What Did Bridget Ann Brink Do?
U.S. Cyber Command has discovered she has been hand-delivering enormous amounts of cash directly to Ukrainian officials on behalf of the Biden Administration.
The U.S. Special Forces arrested Brink on treason charges after White Hats at Cyber Command discovered she had been hand-delivering enormous amounts of cash to Ukrainian officials in the war-torn country known for harboring pedophiles and bioweapon scientists.
In July, the White Hat partition of the U.S. military became interested in Brink shortly after she said, “I’ll do anything and everything to protect Ukrainian sovereignty for as long as it takes.” The regime announced it had just sent Volodymyr Zelenskyy $250 million in military aid.
The military received what it considered credible intelligence alleging that Biden’s care package for Ukraine was a distraction. Later, an obfuscation aimed at concealing that the criminal regime had already illicitly, and without congressional approval, sent Ukraine a far greater sum of cash, nearly $2.2bn.
Where Is Bridget Ann Brink Now?
Since Bridget Ann Brink is serving as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, she presently lives in Ukraine.
Brink’s brief tenure ended abruptly when an unknown number of Special Forces surrounded her family’s 20-acre vacation home in Ferndale, California, a remote coastal community near the mouth of the Eel River.
Besides her diplomat career, the Michigan native works for the U.S. Foreign Service.
ann in kyve
U.S Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink receives a briefing on the damaged Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka on June 4.
Source: NPR
On July 22, Brink made these statements after the White House announced they would send $270 million for military assistance to Ukraine.
On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ann as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after 46th U.S. president Joe Biden nominated her to become the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Bridget Brink biography: 13 things about diplomat born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan
BY CONVIRON ALTATIS ON MAY 18, 2022 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT )
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Bridget Anne Brink is a diplomat born in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan to John Brink and Gwen Brink. Bridget speaks English, French, Georgia, Russian and Serbian.
John and Gwen have another daughter named Joanna Brink. John is married to Judy Brink.
Bridget and her husband Nicholas Higgins ghave two children together namely Jack Higgins and Cole Higgins. Here are 13 more things about her:
.
In 1991, she graduated from Kenyon College in Gambrier, Ohio, USA with a bachelor’s degree in political science. She later earned her master’s degrees in international relations and political theory from the London School of Economics in London, England, United Kingdom.
In 1993, she and Nicholas got married.
In 1996, she joined the U.S. Department of State (DOS).
From 1997 to 1999, she served as a consular political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
From 1999 to 2002, she served as a desk officer in Cyprus. From 2002 to 2004, she served as a special assistant for Europe to the DOS under secretary of state for political affairs.
From 2008 to 2009, she served in the DOS as the deputy director for Southern European Affairs.
From 2009 to 2010, she served as the director for the Aegean and the South Caucasus at the National Security Council.
From 2011 to 2014, she served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia.
From 2014 to 2015, she was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
From 2015 to 2018, she served as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the DOS.
Nominated by 45th U.S. president Donald Trump to become the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, she was confirmed by the entire U.S. Senate via voice vote on May 23, 2019.
In 2020, she told Kenyon College, “My job requires me to change countries, colleagues and issues every few years. It’s a lot of fun but also requires being organized, flexible and strategic in order to focus on the priority issues.”
On April 25, 2022, 46th U.S. president Joe Biden nominated her to become the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed her as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Sept. 28,2022 An ambassador is going to be in your news. They are unexpectedly stepping down from their position. Breaking news this shall be, of course, but the location where the ambassador is residing will also be of great importance. So watch many start to leave their positions. JG
Sept. 8,2022 There is so much more, My children, you are about to see on live TV that you never thought you would ever see. It's coming faster now. Their destruction and demise will be celebrated worldwide, saith the Lord.
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Bridget Brink, the new U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, speaks at a press conference on June 2 after presenting her credentials to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a ceremony at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv The U.S. Embassy shut down shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in February and reopened a month ago. Natacha Pisarenko/AP KYIV, Ukraine — The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has gone through a lot recently.
Former president Donald Trump recalled the ambassador in 2019, an episode that became a big part of his first impeachment. This past February, the embassy was abruptly shut down shortly before Russia invaded.
It reopened last month, and the newly arrived ambassador, Bridget Brink, is the first permanent, Senate-confirmed ambassador in three years. She's overseeing a massive U.S. assistance program to Ukraine with a staff that for now is much smaller than what it was before the war.
The U.S. orders embassy staff in Ukraine to leave over fears of a Russian attack WORLD The U.S. orders embassy staff in Ukraine to leave over fears of a Russian attack "I wish I had 48 hours in a day," Brink told NPR in an interview at the huge embassy compound.
She begins most days with meetings with Ukrainian government officials. That often involves a trip through Kyiv, where everyday life can seem mostly normal, until she reaches the heavily fortified government buildings.
"The first time I went to see the president (Volodymyr Zelenskyy), or whenever I go to see a minister, the offices are all barricaded. They're all dark. You have to walk along dark hallways with no light and go up dark elevators because for reasons of security, they don't keep the lights on," she said.
U.S Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink (left) receives a briefing from Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova in the badly damaged Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka on June 4. Ukraine says it's documented more than 15,000 potential Russian war crimes, and the U.S. government is funding Ukrainian efforts to investigate. Natacha Pisarenko/AP "Very heavily armed people are everywhere. Barricades and roadblocks are everywhere," she added. "Kyiv remains in a wartime posture."
Brink, who previously served as ambassador to Slovakia, arrived in Ukraine less than three weeks ago. She's already visited the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha, Irpin and Borodyanka, where Russian forces were accused of widespread abuses as they advanced to within 10 miles of the capital in the early days of the war.
Brink said the U.S. is funding Ukrainian efforts to investigate war crimes.
"This is a really important priority, and it's why I wanted to personally go to some of these sites early on," she said.
How Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Became A Target In Ukraine TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY How Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Became A Target In Ukraine Ukraine says it has documented more than 15,000 potential Russian war crimes. Three Russian soldiers have already been tried and convicted.
However, Ukraine faces a host of challenges, which include capturing Russian troops suspected of abuses and linking them to specific crimes. Ukraine says it wants to push ahead despite the ongoing war. If the country waits until the fighting is over, evidence and witnesses could be much harder to find.
Dual realities in a country at war
The ambassador said living in Kyiv often means dealing with dual realities — going about ordinary daily business that's punctuated by abrupt reminders of the ongoing war.
"On the one hand, it seems a little bit normal in that some shops and restaurants are starting to open and you can get some goods here," she said. "But on the other hand, throughout the day there are air raid sirens and it's against a threat that's very hard to guard against."
At the start of the war, Russia was attacking on three fronts — north, east and south. Now the fighting largely concentrated on the east. But it still imposes hardships on Ukrainians throughout the country.
"I just look at the resilience of the Ukrainian people from the president to the 10-year old girl that I met in Irpin, who had to hide for two and a half months in a dark, cold, dirty basement with missiles flying and hitting all around her," Brink said. "Yet she and her mom said they're going to stay and they're going to fight to the very end."
The war is nearly four months old and there's no end in sight. The momentum has swung back and forth, and Russia now appears to have the upper hand in the current fighting in the eastern part of Ukraine.
"My judgment is that this is going to be a long grinding, tough war," Brink said. "The Ukrainians are fighting inch by inch, yard by yard, kilometer by kilometer. It's incredibly intense, difficult fighting with lots of losses."
POLITICIANS Is US Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested? What Did She Do And Where Is She Now? By Eva Chaudhary October 14, 2022 Bridget Ann Brink Arrested Internet viewers were astonished after the news of U.S. Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested on high treason charges captivated the netizens’ attention.
American diplomat Bridget Ann Brink, serving as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, has attracted the readers’ attention after news of her arrest for a money laundering case.
The diplomat was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the United States ambassador to Ukraine and presented her credentials in May 2022. She supported Ukraine throughout the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Before serving in Ukraine, she served as the United States Ambassador to Slovakia from August 20, 2019, until May 18, 2022.
The Michigan native served as a Cyprus desk officer until 2002. Ann served as a special assistant for Europe to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs until 2004. Later, she worked as a political-economic chief in Tbilisi.
Also read: Why Did Tulsi Gabbard Retire? Arrest Charge And Net Worth
Is U.S. Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink Arrested? The story’s original website, Real Raw News, featured a disclaimer stating that its stories were “humor, parody, and satire.” Therefore, it was hoax news regarding her arrest.
As per leadstories, The website has a history of publishing fake reports of the arrest and execution of public figures, celebrities, and government officials. Additionally, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the military from enforcing civil law.
Bridget Ann Brink Arrested Twitter post claiming US Special Forces have arrested US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Ann Brink on charges of high treason. Source: Twitter However, a website name bestnewshere.com claimed U.S. Special Forces had arrested Ambassador Bridget Ann Brink on charges of high treason.
According to leadstories, an internet search of the keywords “ambassador Bridget brink arrested” yields no legitimate news reports of any such incident. The absence of corroborating reports on what would be a major international story indicates the claim is baseless.
As of October 11, 2022, the American diplomat was active on her official Twitter account @USAmbKyiv with a tweet posted in both English and Ukrainian:
What Did Bridget Ann Brink Do? U.S. Cyber Command has discovered she has been hand-delivering enormous amounts of cash directly to Ukrainian officials on behalf of the Biden Administration.
The U.S. Special Forces arrested Brink on treason charges after White Hats at Cyber Command discovered she had been hand-delivering enormous amounts of cash to Ukrainian officials in the war-torn country known for harboring pedophiles and bioweapon scientists.
In July, the White Hat partition of the U.S. military became interested in Brink shortly after she said, “I’ll do anything and everything to protect Ukrainian sovereignty for as long as it takes.” The regime announced it had just sent Volodymyr Zelenskyy $250 million in military aid.
The military received what it considered credible intelligence alleging that Biden’s care package for Ukraine was a distraction. Later, an obfuscation aimed at concealing that the criminal regime had already illicitly, and without congressional approval, sent Ukraine a far greater sum of cash, nearly $2.2bn.
Where Is Bridget Ann Brink Now? Since Bridget Ann Brink is serving as the United States Ambassador to Ukraine, she presently lives in Ukraine.
Brink’s brief tenure ended abruptly when an unknown number of Special Forces surrounded her family’s 20-acre vacation home in Ferndale, California, a remote coastal community near the mouth of the Eel River.
Besides her diplomat career, the Michigan native works for the U.S. Foreign Service.
ann in kyve U.S Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink receives a briefing on the damaged Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka on June 4. Source: NPR On July 22, Brink made these statements after the White House announced they would send $270 million for military assistance to Ukraine.
On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ann as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after 46th U.S. president Joe Biden nominated her to become the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
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High quality reply. To err is human ,to forgive is Devine.
To intentionally err is treasonous-some gal on the internet
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Bridget Brink biography: 13 things about diplomat born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan BY CONVIRON ALTATIS ON MAY 18, 2022 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT ) Advertisements Bridget Anne Brink is a diplomat born in East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan to John Brink and Gwen Brink. Bridget speaks English, French, Georgia, Russian and Serbian.
John and Gwen have another daughter named Joanna Brink. John is married to Judy Brink.
Bridget and her husband Nicholas Higgins ghave two children together namely Jack Higgins and Cole Higgins. Here are 13 more things about her:
.
In 1991, she graduated from Kenyon College in Gambrier, Ohio, USA with a bachelor’s degree in political science. She later earned her master’s degrees in international relations and political theory from the London School of Economics in London, England, United Kingdom. In 1993, she and Nicholas got married. In 1996, she joined the U.S. Department of State (DOS). From 1997 to 1999, she served as a consular political officer in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. From 1999 to 2002, she served as a desk officer in Cyprus. From 2002 to 2004, she served as a special assistant for Europe to the DOS under secretary of state for political affairs. From 2008 to 2009, she served in the DOS as the deputy director for Southern European Affairs. From 2009 to 2010, she served as the director for the Aegean and the South Caucasus at the National Security Council. From 2011 to 2014, she served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 2014 to 2015, she was deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. From 2015 to 2018, she served as deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the DOS. Nominated by 45th U.S. president Donald Trump to become the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia, she was confirmed by the entire U.S. Senate via voice vote on May 23, 2019. In 2020, she told Kenyon College, “My job requires me to change countries, colleagues and issues every few years. It’s a lot of fun but also requires being organized, flexible and strategic in order to focus on the priority issues.” On April 25, 2022, 46th U.S. president Joe Biden nominated her to become the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Senate confirmed her as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Sept. 28,2022 An ambassador is going to be in your news. They are unexpectedly stepping down from their position. Breaking news this shall be, of course, but the location where the ambassador is residing will also be of great importance. So watch many start to leave their positions. JG
Sept. 8,2022 There is so much more, My children, you are about to see on live TV that you never thought you would ever see. It's coming faster now. Their destruction and demise will be celebrated worldwide, saith the Lord.
An ambassador will be in your news. JG