ambassador to the e.u., which was starting back in july of 2018, ukraine has featured prominently in my broader portfolio. ukraine s political and economic development are critical to the longstanding and long lasting stability of europe. more over, the conflict in eastern ukraine and crimea remains one of the most significant security crisis for europe and the united states. our efforts to counter balance an aggressive russia depend in substantial part on a strong ukraine. on april 21, 2019, zelensky was elected president of ukraine in an historic election. with the express support of secretary pompeo, i attended president zelensky s
inauguration on may 20th as part of the u.s. delegation which was led by energy secretary rick perry. the u.s. delegation also included senator johnson, ukraine special envoy volker, and lieutenant colonel alex vindman from the national security council. my attendance at president zelensky s inauguration was not my first involvement with ukraine. as i testified previously, just four days after assuming my post as ambassador in july of 2018, i received an official delegation from the government of then ukraine president petroporoshenko. the meeting took place at the u.s. mission in brussels and was pre-arranged by my career e.u. missions staff and i have had several meetings since then in brussels. later, in february of 2019, i worked well with u.s.
first, my very first days as ambassador to the eu, which was starting back in july of 2018, ukraine has featured prominently in my broader portfolio. ukraine s political and economic development are critical to the longstanding and long-lasting stability of europe. moreover, the conflict in eastern ukraine and crimea remains one of the most significant security crisis for europe and the united states. our efforts to counterbalance an aggressive russia depend in substantial part on a strong ukraine. on april 21st, 2019, voladamir zelensky was elected president of ukraine in an historic election, with the support of
secretary pompeo, i attended president zelensky s inauguration may 20th as part of the u.s. delegation, which was led by energy secretary rick perry. the u.s. delegation also included senator johnson, ukraine special envoy volker and lieutenant colonel alex vindman of the national security council. my attendance at president zelensky s inauguration was not my first involvement with ukraine. as i testified previously, just four days after assuming my post as ambassador in july of 2018, i received an official delegation from the government of then ukraine president porshenko. the meeting took place at the u.s. mission in brussels and was prearranged by my career eu mission staff. i ve had several meetings since then in brussels. later, in february of 2019, i
mr. chairman, ranking members, thank you for the opportunity to address the house permanent select committee on intelligence with respect to activities relating to ukraine and my role in the events under investigation. i have dedicated my entire professional life to the united states of america. for more than two decades it has been my honor to serve as an officer of the united states army, as an infantry officers i was in south korea, germany and iraq. since 2008 i have an officer. i served in the united states embassy in ukraine and russia. in washington, d.c. i was the political military affairs officer for russia, the chairman of the joints chief of staff where i drafted the arms forces global campaign plan to counter russian aggression and russian malign influence. in july of 2018 i was asked to serve at the white house national security council.