Vance, Trump National Security Aides Meet Top Ukraine Official

  • Ukraine tries to overcome Trump’s skepticism of war effect
  • Andriy Yermak also meets with Biden national security advisor
Andriy Yermak Photographer: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
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A top Ukrainian official met with Vice President-elect JD Vance and members of President-elect Donald Trump’s national security team Thursday as Ukraine prepares for a major shift in US policy on its war with Russia, about to enter its fourth year.

Vance, a longtime critic of assistance to Ukraine, along with Representative Michael Waltz, Trump’s choice to be national security advisor, spoke with Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration, in Washington, according to a person familiar with the matter.