Daily Mail News UK
By EMMA JAMES, SENIOR REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 12:10 EDT, 9 October 2023 | UPDATED: 16:43 EDT, 9 October 2023
A transgender American has been reinstated as a Ukrainian military spokesman after being suspended over unapproved comments – as NATO praised her work tackling Russian disinformation.
Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, 45, was removed from her post after hitting back at Republican Senator JD Vance in a video filmed in front of the Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces logo.
Vance sent a letter to Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines accusing her of threatening ‘physical violence to anyone who circulates Russian propaganda’.