Ukrainians on LI 'deeply concerned' about U.S. policy shift on homeland
Ukrainian American Stepan Kunitski, manager, inside St. Vladimir's Parish Center in Uniondale on Thursday. Credit: Newsday / Steve Pfost
As Long Island’s Ukrainians and their supporters approach the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, their horror over the war’s ongoing toll is unchanged. But now it is accompanied by unsettling questions over United States support for the Ukraine war effort.
That is partly because Washington — long the linchpin of international backing for Kyiv and the isolation of Moscow — appears to be reversing elements of its foreign policy, planning not just ceasefire negotiations but also warmer relations with the Kremlin in talks by high-level officials this week that took place without Ukrainian officials.
It is also because President Donald Trump, in a news conference days before the anniversary of the Feb. 24 invasion, falsely blamed Kyiv for starting the war. Many in Long Island’s community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees were gobsmacked.
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