In Ukraine, US support no longer taken 'at face value'

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PRI's The World

October 23, 2019 · 4:30 PM EDT

By The World staff

Ukraine remains the focus on Capitol Hill as the impeachment inquiry continues.

The big question: Did US President Donald Trump inappropriately delay nearly $400 million in aid money for Ukraine?

But there is much more to the US-Ukraine relationship than what is being covered in the impeachment inquiry.

The two countries have been strengthening bilateral relations since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. That partnership is now being tested like never before.

Nina Jankowicz is the disinformation fellow at The Wilson Center in Washington, DC. As a Fulbright fellow in Ukraine, she advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The relationship between the two countries has been one of friendship and support for a long time, she told The World's Marco Werman.

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