“Politico, on the basis of communication of one and a half dozen unnamed sources, states that the person of the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak causes annoyance with the representatives of the Donald Trump administration who had the opportunity to communicate with him.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Publication of Politico dated June 19, “European Truth”
Details: Politico published a material dedicated to Yermak, under the heading “Ukrainian official, whom Washington likes to hate.”
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The material is built on conversations with 14 people – assistants of congressmen, former American and Ukrainian officials and other persons aware of the interaction of Yermak in Washington. Most of the respondents were given anonymity.
“From the moment of full -scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine in 2022, Ermak regularly visits Washington and acts as a mediator in relations with the President of Ukraine. However, many in Washington consider Ermak uninitiated in American policy, sharp and overly demanding The establishment on the Capitol Hill, “the material reads.
Some interlocutors of the publication are also afraid that Yermak has inaccurately reported the US position to the leadership of Ukraine.
One of those who is familiar with the interaction of Yermak with the Trump administration described him as a “two -party stimulus.”
Biden administration representatives were also disappointed by Yermak, but, according to the former high -ranking administration and three other persons, aware of the relations between the US and Ukraine at that time, they were able to hide their annoyance in general, given the emergency and key role of Washington in Ukraine. The Trump administration does not show such compassion.
During the visit to Washington, in early June, organized at the last moment, Yermak had difficulty in organizing meetings with high -ranking Trump administration, according to five people who are aware of the visit.
Yermak allegedly arrived without a clear plan, and the feedback of those with whom he still met, were as follows: “We do not know why he is here,” one of the famous was said.
According to this source, the meeting of Yermak with the Secretary of State Marco Rubio was canceled at the last moment. However, according to them, Yermak still met with Rubio, who also performs the duties of a national security advisor in the White House.
According to a person who is aware of Trump Susy Weilz, the head of the administration forced Ermak to wait in the White House, and then canceled the meeting, and Vice President Jay Vice Die Vens did not respond to a meeting at all.
People who are aware of Kiev’s relations with the United States characterized the interaction of Yermak with both administrations as tense and complex. They said that Ermak, almost six years after he became the closest assistant to Zelensky, still trying to navigate the corridors of power in Washington.
“He believed, for example, that the agreement on critical minerals was so important to Trump that Ukraine would receive security guarantees in exchange,” said the second insider, familiar with a visit. This person called this opinion “absurd”.
In private conversations with like -minded people, Yermak accused Trump administration officials of the fact that they are Russian agents, according to a source familiar with a visit. In particular, it is about Trump’s envoy in the Middle East Steve Witcoff, who met Putin four times.
Persons aware of relations between the US and Ukraine, as well as Kyiv supporters in Washington, fear that the tension caused by the actions of Ermak can quickly spread and undermine Ukraine’s position in relations with the most important partner.
We will remind, the Ukrainian delegation, led by the Ministry of Economy Yulia Sviridenko and together with Andriy Yermak in early June, arrived in the United States to meet with representatives of President Donald Trump.
At that time, Yermak, in particular, met with a special representative in Ukraine Kellog.