mention, president biden, will, in the coming hours nominate a u.s. ambassador to ukraine. that is bridget brink. she is the current u.s. ambassador of slovakia. she is a career diplomat. and dara, interestingly, this is assuming she is confirmed by the united states senate, the first full ambassador to ukraine since 2019. when marie upon of itch, you ll remember, was forge stout by donald trump and rudy giuliani. the victim of that spirit campaign. they will begin returning to this country starting next week. they will take baby steps, first teared to the relative safety of lviv. and, eventually reopening the american embassy in kyiv. this is something president zelenskyy has wanted to see for a long time. this is probably not as fast as he would like it to go. the united states is quite far behind the europeans on. this the british are reopening their embassy and keep, this week. some of the european embassies never closed. the third, deliverable, they
yesterday. including the return of american diplomats to ukraine starting next week. incluing president biden s attempt to nominate a new ambassador to ukraine. reporter: now, any minute now, president biden is expected to announce the nomination of bridget brink to be the new u.s. ambassador to ukraine. she is a career diplomat, currently the ambassador to slo slovakia. this will be the first time the u.s. had a full ambassador in kyiv since 2019. you ll remember, yovanovitch was forced out by donald trump and rudy giuliani. secretary blinken also saying u.s. diplomats will begin returning to ukraine. they ll take baby steps. first they re coming here to the relative safety of the western city of lviv. the plan is to once again reopen the american embassy in kyiv. from president zelenskyy s perspective, this is better late than never. the u.s. is quite behind some of the european powers on this front.
they re given access to education. they re given access to health care. and importantly, they re given access to the job market. one of the things-i been working with john on is aligning the business community. the polish business community, the american community, and the international business community to see what it is they can do to build jobs and opportunities for these newest residents of poland. the refugees from ukraine. such a sad story, but what a silver lining and what a credit to the polish people. thank you, mr. ambassador, i appreciate your report. thank you, mike. let s check in on your social media reaction, tweets, facebook comments stuff from youtube. what do we have? do you seriously still believe putin cares about sanctions? i heard the explanation from the ambassador, he s the career diplomat and expert, and he said that the extremitial approach is an intended approach.
combat power, and the economic power of europe, and the united states, and canada, russia s, essentially, one 15th the power of nato. again, all words are political, and objective. president biden is being cautious, he has a lot of people urging him to take active, and being held accountable for the outcome. i want to share the cia director had to say today, on russia s information more. watch this. with the career diplomat, i saw too many instances in which we lost information warrants with the russians. in this case, i think that we have had a great deal of effect in disrupting their tactics, and their calculations, demonstrating to the entire world, this is a premeditated, and unprovoked aggression, built on a body of lies, and
world. a real, real hero. you know this. the russian ministry said it summoned, warning that rush-american relations and i m quoting now, on the verge of rupture after president biden called vladimir putin a war criminal and a thud. what is the worst-case scenario if they were to cut off all diplomacy with the united states? i certainly home that doesn t happen. we need to have some channels open with other countries, certainly allies but more importantly, with adversaries. if that were to happen, we can always communicate with other parties. it is obviously. better to have direct channels. a lot of experience as a career diplomat. thank you again for joining us. thank you for all you ve done. let me once again tell our