US ambassador to Ukraine to step down amid stalled talks to end Ukraine war

The acting U.S. ambassador to Kyiv Julie Davis will step ​down from her post and retire, a U.S. official and ‌the State Department said on Tuesday, amid a lull in U.S.-brokered talks to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Financial Times first reported Davis' departure and said it was ​because of differences of opinion with President Donald Trump's policies and ​that Davis had grown frustrated with her role over his ⁠dwindling support for Ukraine. A career member of the U.S. Foreign Service with more than three ‌decades ⁠of experience, Davis assumed her duties as charge d'affaires...