Russia has tried to solve the Ukrainian issue at the expense of Venezuela.

Axar.az reports this was stated by Fiona Hill, former director of the US National Security Council for Europe and Eurasia, during a speech at the hearing on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump. According to him, the formation of the US shadow policy towards Ukraine began during the upheaval in Venezuela:

"The Russians have given us a clear signal that by some strange agreement they would like to replace Venezuela with Ukraine. They had their own version of events. They said that you entered our yard - Ukraine. The US National Security Council has given me the task of passing information to Russia that the agreement was unacceptable. ”