Ukraine’s New U.S. Ambassador Previews Her Pragmatic Approach to Washington

“I am Ukrainian, right? I’m not a Democrat or Republican.”

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Ukraine’s new ambassador to the United States has trouble falling asleep.

Olha Stefanishyna, a 40-year-old from Odesa, Ukraine, is kept awake at night by the distant rumble of passenger planes flying above her house in a quiet corner of Washington, D.C. It’s a sound so common that most residents tune it out.

Ukraine’s new ambassador to the United States has trouble falling asleep.

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