"Burismagate" has managed to shake the grounds of US politics to its very core, with Democrats and Republicans alike scrambling left and right to either hide or uncover information relevant to the case. In the US, the situation has prompted an impeachment procedure against President Donald Trump. Though Ukraine seems rather unfazed by the entire scandal, the consequences have certainly affected its international image and narrowed its manoeuvring options within the US-EU-RF triangle. Whatever the outcome within the US" national politics, this will certainly affect the Ukraine-USA discourse for the years to come, though it seems highly unlikely that it will drastically change the US" involvement in helping Ukraine resolve its conflict with the Russian Federation. Ukraine"s only option to minimize the damage on an international level is to keep its head low and avoid any further political involvement. It"s a key lesson for Ukraine to – from now on – rely primarily on its own capacities in international politics, rather than desperately attempting to bed the Americans.