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Republicans Offer Kyiv Reassurance on Aid Package. Do they Know Something We Don't?

Republicans Offer Kyiv Reassurance on Aid Package.  Do they Know Something We Don't?

KYIV, UKRAINE - JANUARY 31: US Sec. of State Mike Pompeo and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a press conference at the president's office on January 31, 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The US State Department said the purpose of the trip was to convey support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity as it fights a years-long war with Russian-backed separatists in the east. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Four years ago, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Kyiv to reassure president Volodymyr Zelensky that the U.S. would stand by Ukraine after Russia illegally annexed Crimea in the eastern part of the country. Last week, Pompeo was back.

In fact, the former Secretary under former President Donald Trump has visited Ukraine multiple times since that 2020 meeting with Zelensky. But this time, Pompeo told an interviewer in the capital Kyiv, that he believes the U.S. will once again support Ukraine by passing a $60B aid package that - at the urging of former president Trump - is currently being held up by hard-right Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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