Reuters: For Ukraine's leader, Trump memo on their call is a diplomatic car crash
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - For U.S. President Donald Trump, White House publication on Wednesday of a memo summarizing his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fueled a domestic political crisis.
For Zelenskiy, it was a far-reaching diplomatic disaster.
Zelenskiy’s comments to the Republican Trump, disclosed in the summary, will likely irk U.S. Democrats, risking the bipartisan U.S. support Kiev requires while irritating France and Germany whom Zelenskiy criticized in the same exchange.
Locked in a geopolitical standoff with neighboring Russia after Moscow annexed the Crimea region and backed pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Ukraine needs all the international friends it can get.
It relies heavily on Washington for aid and diplomatic help, and European countries like France and Germany are trying to help bring about talks aimed at breathing life into a stalled peace process over eastern Ukraine.
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WNU Editor: Maybe among the political class in Ukraine there is some concern. And I am sure that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would have preferred to keep his conversation with President Trump private. But this is not a disaster for Zelenskiy. As to what do Ukrainians feel and think .... what I am hearing from my family and friends who live there is that they do not care.
More News On The Fallout From The White House Disclosure Of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy's Conversation With President Trump
Ukrainian leader bristles at release of Trump transcript -- AP
Zelenskiy opponents say comments about Europeans to Trump could hurt Ukraine -- Reuters
How Ukrainians are reacting to the Zelenskiy-Trump affair -- DW
'This is very strange': Ukraine's view of the Trump whistleblower complaint -- Andrew Roth, The Guardian
