'Ukraine is important to the security of the United States,' Taylor testifies

Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor laid out the importance of Ukraine to American foreign policy and security in his testimony at the Trump impeachment hearings Wednesday.

Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, described how Ukraine is the largest country in Europe by land mass and is a struggling democracy yearning to ally itself with the United States.

He described how it has been "violently attacked by Russia" and continues to be to this day.

"Russian aggression cannot stand," he said.