US Adviser Bolton Visits Ukraine, Touts Trump Meeting With Zelenskiy

US Adviser Bolton Visits Ukraine, Touts Trump Meeting With Zelenskiy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech at The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre, a place of a mass execution of Jews by Nazis in World War II, during a memorial ceremony in Kiev on Aug. 19, 2019. Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty Images
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KIEV, UkraineU.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton arrived in Kiev on Aug. 27 ahead of talks with comic-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, touting a possible meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and the new Ukrainian leader.

Bolton’s visit was the first by a senior U.S. official since Zelenskiy swept to power in Ukraine. Washington is a key ally for Kiev, having imposed sanctions on Russia for annexing Crimea in 2014 and backing pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine’s east.