Zelenskiy ready to open probe into any Ukraine meddling in Trump election


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Oct 2019

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds a press-marathon at a food market in Kiev, Ukraine October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he would be ready to open a probe into any Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and into the company where former Vice President Joe Biden's son was a board member.

Ukraine has been unwillingly drawn into a political battle in Washington between President Donald Trump and his Democrat opponents over allegations that Trump used U.S. military aid as leverage to pressure Zelenskiy to open investigations.

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