(CNN) President Donald Trump's urging of Ukraine's President to investigate political rivals coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban pushing a disparaging view of the country to Trump, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

Citing current and former US officials, the Post reported that Putin and Orban did not explicitly name Ukraine as a potential source of dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden or mentioned the country's potential role in the 2016 US presidential election. However, the two leaders characterized Ukraine as corrupt and reinforced Trump's views of the country.

George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, described Putin and Orban's influence during closed-door testimony to House investigators last week, US officials told the Post. Kent pointed to their efforts as a factor in turning Trump against Ukraine in the months leading up to his controversial call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that prompted a whistleblower complaint and impeachment inquiry, the Post reported.

The full context of Kent's remarks are not known because Democrats conducted the interview behind closed doors and have not released a full transcript of his testimony.

The leaders' negative portrayals of Ukraine bolstered a chaotic White House environment where aides scrambled to convince Trump to back -- instead of politically exploit -- the Ukrainian government, according to the Post.

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