Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's trip to Washington was actually a waste of time. His meeting with US counterpart Barack Obama did not go as expected. During the NATO summit in Wales, the head of the White House took the side of Kiev in talking about a possibility of adopting a special status for Ukraine as an ally outside the North Atlantic Alliance. However, this has not been confirmed, despite the active position of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States.
Pavel Zolotarev, deputy director of the Institute of the USA and Canada
"By and large, it is clear that in Canada and in the USA, where the Ukrainian diaspora and Ukrainian nationalist organizations are strong since the time of the Second World War, they try to materialize geopolitical plans through Ukraine.
But, as for the support in the military sphere, the Americans have realized that solving the problem by military force does not work. So they say that there should be a political solution found. They will try to help Poroshenko restore the Ukrainian armed forces, without supplying arms to Ukraine. As for the general impression, you could see it on the faces of US congressmen who gave Poroshenko a standing ovation, especially when he expressed his attitude about Russia."
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