In Ukraine, the U.S. impeachment scandal has jeopardized Volodymyr Zelensky's presidency – and his country's future – as much as Donald Trump's.
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looked exasperated on Tuesday when an American reporter lobbed a question at him about the House impeachment inquiry, a far-away scandal that has jeopardized his presidency – and his country's future – as much as Donald Trump's.
A day later in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin was cheerful as he addressed the same issue. He said he was happy that"political battles" in the U.S. had shifted attention away from Russia's interference in the 2016 American presidential election. He and other Democrats blame Trump for trying to take advantage of a vulnerable U.S. ally that has already lost nearly 14,000 lives in its war against Russia. Zelensky, a 41-year-old former TV star, was elected in part on a pledge to help solve that deadly conflict.
The impeachment inquiry has put a"question mark" around American support for Ukraine, Conley said, particularly the vital U.S. military aid that Ukraine desperately needs to defend itself against Russia. And it helps promote Putin's goals in other ways – by drawing attention to Ukraine's problems with corruption and by casting the U.S. as an unreliable ally.
"He's very young. He doesn't have a lot of political experience, and he has to contend with Vladimir Putin," said Edmonds, who served as director for Russia on the National Security Council during the Obama administration. "If their interest was a stronger relationship with Ukraine, they didn't accomplish it," Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., argued on NBC's "Meet the Press" last weekend."Having this all come out into public has weakened that relationship, has exposed things that didn't need to be exposed."
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