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White House Phone Call Memo Puts Kyiv on Damage Control in Brussels, Berlin

Bogdan Tsioupine

   This story originated in [1]VOA's Ukrainian Service. Peter Cobus and
   Valeria Jegisman contributed reporting from Washington. Some
   information is from AP.

   LONDON -- Ukrainian diplomats are scrambling to contain damage posed to
   their nation's relations with Europe following the unexpected public
   release of remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in his
   July 25 phone call with President Donald Trump.

   The White House on Wednesday released a summary of the conversation as
   part of effort to exonerate Trump, whom Democrats are attempting to
   impeach over a whistleblower's claim that Trump urged Zelenskiy to
   investigate Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President
   Joe Biden over a high-paying job his son Hunter Biden had with a
   Ukrainian gas company.

   Upon reading the summary, Kostiantyn Yelisieiev, Ukraine's former
   ambassador to the European Union, posted a statement on Twitter calling
   Zelenskiy's words an example of how one politically motivated and
   obsequious phrase can "negate years of hard work building personal
   trust and partnerships with Berlin, Paris, and the EU."

References

   1. http://ukrainian.voanews.com/

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