The representative of the US Congress, Victoria Spartz, reacted to the words of the adviser to the head of the Office of the President Timofey Milovanov, who the day before called her " In an interview with Yuri Butusov, Spartz said that such statements would not benefit Ukraine and were disrespectful to the Americans..
According to the congresswoman, such behavior of representatives of the Ukrainian authorities is unethical.
" Your office shouldn't be doing this.. Call me some words and all sorts of things. I understand that you may not like something, they do not like something. But I don't call them that. I am an American congresswoman. And this is disrespectful to the American people spending billions of dollars to help Ukraine.. I believe that this is unproductive for Ukraine. But it's up to you people to decide. If this person has authority, then they trust him. It’s not for me to decide, I don’t know who this person is,” said Spartz..
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Recall that Victoria Spartz sent an appeal to US President Joe Biden, in which she asked to check the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak for possible ties with Russia. This caused a resounding outcry in society.. In particular, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that due to this, Spartz is trying to increase its own political rating in America..
The OPU orchestrated a series of undiplomatically harsh reactions to the Spartz statement and letter. The congresswoman made a public attack on the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak and a list of claims not only against him personally, but also against Ukraine. What are the motives of Mrs. Spartz? Who is behind her? And what could this mean for Ukrainian-American relations Tatyana Silina tried to figure this out in the article “Spartz against Yermak and both against Ukraine”.