KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Many Ukrainians are shrugging off efforts in the U.S. to impeach President Donald Trump as someone else’s problem, but they are worried about one thing: that Ukraine’s role in the Trump affair strengthens Russia’s hand at a particularly crucial moment.
The drama is hobbling Ukraine’s inexperienced President Volodymyr Zelenskiy just as he’s trying to show he’s taking on the problems that matter most to Ukrainians _ endemic corruption, and an armed conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the east that has killed 13,000 people and divided the nation.
Zelenskiy announced a long-awaited agreement Tuesday with the separatists that paves the way for peace talks to end five years of fighting, but several Ukrainian lawmakers have denounced it as capitulation to Russia.
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