Until the election of a new speaker, the U.S. House of Representatives cannot vote on laws, but all other work, including in committees, continues, Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Oksana Markarova said.

"The House of Representatives has announced that it has completed the session week and plans to return to work no earlier than next Tuesday. Until then, there will be lively discussion of potential candidates, and the candidates themselves will hold closed discussions and test the level of support. Many names are already being actively discussed – from traditional in such cases, Majority Leader [Steve] Scalise, next in the party hierarchy after the Speaker [Kevin McCarthy, removed from office by vote on Tuesday], to many other names, but until a candidate or candidates are publicly nominated, it is too early to discuss this," the ambassador said on Facebook on Wednesday.

According to Markarova, Ukraine has built a good constructive dialogue with the vast majority of sounding names and their teams.

"We at the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States continue to actively work with caucuses, committees, individual congressmen and, of course, with the Senate to discuss our needs and possible decisions on the next aid package to Ukraine," she said.

As reported, the U.S. House of Representatives removed McCarthy from the post of speaker of the lower house of Congress, BBC said.

The result came after a tense but lengthy roll call, during which each participant was required to record their choice on the record.

About 216 members, including eight Republicans, voted to remove the California congressman from the speaker's chair. Another 210 representatives – all Republicans – voted to retain McCarthy.

Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, who supported McCarthy, is now speaker pro tempore, effectively serving as speaker.