I think that he, frankly, didn't really think that much about Ukraine, but he thought a lot about Russia as a great power. And he sort of accepted, I think, Putin's view of Ukraine is not really being a real country.
Yovanovitch reflects on Trump's perception of Ukraine and his alignment with Putin's views.
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