For weeks the House impeachment proceedings have kept Ukraine in the U.S. spotlight—for all the wrong reasons. Now, however, there is a very good reason for policymakers to turn their attention to that beleaguered nation.

On December 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Paris—part of a four-way summit seeking to end the war in Ukraine. Germany and France are the other two nations participating in the discussions.