Why should the US care about Ukraine? WED, MAR 4, 2020 2:30 PM 1030 15TH STREET NW WASHINGTON, DC 20005 The recent impeachment hearings put a spotlight on Ukraine and US national interests there. The National Interest magazine compared current policy to Vietnam’s “groupthink” while Ambassador John Herbst argued that the United States has vital strategic interests in Ukraine. This debate will settle the score.