President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on Monday, Aug. 3, ousting Olha Stefanishyna from her post as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States.According to a corresponding decree No. 696/2026 published on the president’s website, Stefanishyna has been relieved of her duties as Ukraine’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the US. No specific reason was provided, nor were additional details.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“He [Zelensky] did not ask me to resign, and in fact, he does not want me to leave,” Stefanishyna said at a Washington press conference on Thursday, July 30, according to Liga news media.According to Liga, Stefanishyna also attended the Zelensky-Trump meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, July 28, in which the two leadersdiscussed Patriot interceptor production licenses and additional ways of reviving diplomacy with Moscow.A short, turbulent tenureZelensky appointed Stefanishyna as Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington in August 2025, replacing Oksana Markarova, who had drawn sustained criticism from senior Republicans over perceived favoritism toward Democrats.From September 2024, Stefanishyna served as deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration and as justice minister.After stepping down from her deputy prime minister role, she spent about a month in mid-2025 as Zelensky’s special representative for developing cooperation with the US, according to Bloomberg.