A Ukrainian Comes to Washington, Urging His Nation Not Be Forgotten<br />#LetsMakePeace!" As a former prime minister, Mr. Yatsenyuk was not able to secure a meeting with the president or secretary of state,<br />but he met this week with Fiona Hill, the top White House adviser on Russia, and Andrea Thompson, the national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence.<br />More significantly, Mr. Trump hosted Ukraine’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, at the White House<br />last week on the same day the president met with Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister.<br />" Mr. Yatsenyuk said. that It seems to me President Trump, he needs to get a better understanding of what Putin really is,<br />With Mr. Trump intent on forging strong relations with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, Ukrainians like Mr. Yatsenyuk fear being left behind even as Moscow still holds Crimea<br />and stirs the pot in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists continue to wage a low-grade insurgency against the state.<br />And his primary objective is to outplay President Trump." This is an important moment<br />for Ukraine as Mr. Trump leaves on Friday for his first overseas trip as president.<br />" he said. that The only language that President Putin understands is the language of strength,
