When Ukraine became central to the American impeachment procedure of late 2019 and early 2020, I found myself obliged to answer numerous questions about the country from journalists and the general public alike. They boiled down to one query: “Why Ukraine?”
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A girl wearing a wreath watches the military parade celebrating Ukraine's Independence Day on Khreshchatyk Street on Aug. 24, 2021.