Speaker of US Congress demands dismissal of Ukraine’s Ambassador Markarova and accuses her of interfering in election

Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, addressed a statement to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, demanding the immediate dismissal of Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova, due to alleged interference in the US election.

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Johnson published a corresponding statement on his page in the X social network.

The Speaker accused Markarova of having organized Zelenskyy's visit to a plant in Pennsylvania where weapons for Ukraine are produced.

Zelenskyy was accompanied by representatives of the Democratic Party, but no Republicans were invited.

Johnson said that Zelenskyy's visit was "clearly a pre-election campaign and clearly interference in the election."

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"This short-sighted and deliberate political move has resulted in Republicans losing confidence in Ambassador Markarova's ability to serve this country fairly and effectively as a diplomat. She must be removed from office immediately," Johnson said in a statement.

In conclusion, the Speaker noted that support for ending the war in Ukraine continues to be bipartisan, but this situation can "taint" them.

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"Support for ending Russia's war against Ukraine continues to be bipartisan, but our relationship is unnecessarily scrutinized and needlessly tarnished, when candidates who lead the first place in the presidential election from the Republican Party are targeted in the media by officials in your government," Johnson wrote.
"These cases must not be repeated," he concluded.

It will be recalled that sources close to Donald Trump said that he has no plans to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

At the same time, Zelenskyy explained that the "victory plan" prepared by him, which he will present, in particular, to US President Joe Biden, is a plan to strengthen Ukraine and does not require cooperation from the Russians to achieve success.