Overview

• Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Oksana Markarova’s recall after four years in Washington as part of Ukraine’s routine G7 and G20 diplomatic rotation.
• U.S. precision munitions shipments, including Patriot interceptor missiles, resumed this week following a brief pause earlier in the year.
• Kyiv portrayed the ambassadorial change as a strategic step to navigate U.S. partisan tensions and lock in sustained military support from the Trump administration.
• Republican leaders, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, had accused Markarova of Democratic bias during her tenure, raising questions on Capitol Hill.
• Ihor Zhovkva, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna are among the frontrunners to succeed Markarova in Washington