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US ambassador to Ukraine appointed by Trump steps down after less than a year in the job

Julie Davis, US Chargé d'Affaires to Ukraine, at Ukrainian parliament session
Julie Davis, acting US ambassador to Ukraine, has stepped down from her post. Photograph: Andrii Nesterenko/Reuters

The acting US ambassador to Ukraine will step down from her post after less than a year in the job, the state department has said, amid a lull in US-brokered efforts to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia’s invasion.

Julie Davis had grown frustrated with president Donald Trump over his lack of support for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported, quoting unnamed sources. The state department denied any such disagreements took place and said she was retiring.

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