Trump told Zelenskiy they should look into unsubstantiated allegations that Biden helped remove a Ukrainian prosecutor investigating his son Hunter. Volodymyr ZelenskiyFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesUkraine’s new president was a wildcard candidate who had no experience of politics save for playing the president in a television comedy. Viktor ShokinFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe former Ukrainian prosecutor general was widely seen as having blocked the prosecutions of corrupt oligarchs. Joseph MaguireFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ImagesThe acting director of national intelligence only took on the role on 16 August. Yuriy LutsenkoFacebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Sopa Images/Getty ImagesA veteran on the political scene, Lutsenko replaced Shokin as Ukraine’s prosecutor general but was also viewed with suspicion by reformers.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2019 16:52 UTC