The U.S. Senate has confirmed Lynne Tracy, who recently ended her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, as the country’s new ambassador to Russia.

Tracy thus becomes the first woman to hold the post of U.S. Ambassador to Russia.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said “Ambassador Tracy will not shy away from confronting Putin’s abuses. America needs her in her post, Europe needs her in her post, Ukraine needs her in her post.”