JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [9-25-19] released a reconstructed transcript of President Trump’s 30-minute conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on July 25 that was at least in part the focus of a disputed whistle-blower complaint. Separately, the Justice Department released a revised version of a memo by its Office […]
Category: Ukraine
9/25/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “House Democrats rushed on Wednesday [9-25-19] to plot the course of their formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump, getting their first glimpses of the secret intelligence whistle-blower complaint that touched off the investigation that could lead to his removal But even as they obtained crucial details about allegations that Mr. […]
9/25/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Will the Democrats apologize after seeing what was said on the call with the Ukrainian President? They should, a perfect call – got them by surprise!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2019 8:17 am […]
9/25/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “RT @RepMarkMeadows: POTUS says he’s releasing the full transcript of the Ukraine call, and amazingly Democrats now say the whistleblower co…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2019 7:47 am […]
9/24/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-24-19] reacted with fury to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry, firing off a burst of tweets accusing the speaker of detracting from his keynote address at the United Nations General Assembly with ‘Witch Hunt garbage’…In five minutes of remarks, […]
9/24/2019
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Secretary of State Pompeo recieved permission from Ukraine Government to release the transcript of the telephone call I had with their President. They don’t know either what the big deal is. A total Witch Hunt Scam by the Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2019 5:22 pm […]
9/24/2019
FOREIGN AID/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-24-19] shifted his explanation for temporarily withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine, citing what he criticized as a lack of similar financial contribution by other Western powers to the Eastern European nation. Trump’s latest remarks are at odds with his assertion […]
9/24/2019
IMPEACHMENT/JOE BIDEN/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Joe Biden on Tuesday [9-24-19] said Congress has ‘no choice but to initiate impeachment’ if President Donald Trump keeps stonewalling investigations, including into Ukraine…Biden, speaking in Delaware, said if the allegations now facing Trump are true, it is an abuse of power, it undermines national security and violates Trump’s oath […]
9/24/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Rep. Adam Schiff has assumed control of what appears to be the single most consequential scandal facing Donald Trump’s presidency — and, for the moment, is driving a narrative that could lead to Trump’s impeachment. It was Schiff’s late Friday [9-20-19] news release earlier this month that first revealed a whistleblower had […]
9/24/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/UN: “I am currently at the United Nations representing our Country, but have authorized the release tomorrow of the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2019 1:12 pm […]
9/24/2019
EU/FOREIGN AID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “WHAT TRUMP SAID ‘But my complaint has always been and I’ll withhold again and I’ll continue to withhold until such time as Europe and other nations contribute to Ukraine because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money. And I’m asking why is […]
9/23/2019
DEMS/GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Democrats moved assertively on Monday [9-23-19] to increase political pressure on the White House and congressional Republicans to furnish documentation about explosive allegations that President Trump sought to pressure the Ukrainian president to help produce damaging information on a leading political rival. In the House, where the revelations about a conversation between […]
9/22/2019
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “..Breaking News: The Ukrainian Government just said they weren’t pressured at all during the ‘nice’ call. Sleepy Joe Biden, on the other hand, forced a tough prosecutor out from investigating his son’s company by threat of not giving big dollars to Ukraine. That’s the real story!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 22, […]
9/22/2019
CHINA/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “‘The real story involves Hunter Biden going around the world and collecting large payments from foreign governments and foreign oligarchs.’ Peter Schweizer Laura Ingraham Hunter made a fortune in Ukraine and in China. He knew nothing about Energy, or anything else.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 22, 2019 8:39 am […]
9/21/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “‘Ukraine Foreign Minister disputes reports of any pressure from Trump. This conversation was long, friendly, and it touched on many questions.’ @NBCNews Correct. If your looking for something done wrong, just look at the tape of Sleepy Joe. He is being protected by the Media!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2019 5:47 […]
9/21/2019
DEMS/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Now that the Democrats and the Fake News Media have gone ‘bust’ on every other of their Witch Hunt schemes, they are trying to start one just as ridiculous as the others, call it the Ukraine Witch Hunt, while at the same time trying to protect Sleepy Joe Biden. Will fail […]
9/21/2019
JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “….story about me and a perfectly fine and routine conversation I had with the new President of the Ukraine. Nothing was said that was in any way wrong, but Biden’s demand, on the other hand, was a complete and total disaster. The Fake News knows this but doesn’t want to report!” […]
9/20/2019
JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “Joe Biden on Friday [9-20-19] called on President Donald Trump to make public a July phone call at the center of a report that Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find dirt on the Democratic presidential candidate’s family…Biden’s comments come after a report that Trump pressured Ukrainian officials to […]
9/20/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “Congress is in a sharply escalating standoff with the Trump administration over its refusal to share a whistle-blower complaint with lawmakers that is said to be at least in part about President Trump’s communications with Ukraine. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, has accused […]
9/20/2019
ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “President Trump pressed the Ukrainian president in a July call to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son, according to a person familiar with the conversation, an apparently blatant mixture of foreign policy with his 2020 re-election campaign. Mr. Trump also repeatedly told the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, […]
9/20/2019
CORRUPTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “….statement. Strange that with so many other people hearing or knowing of the perfectly fine and respectful conversation, that they would not have also come forward. Do you know the reason why they did not? Because there was nothing said wrong, it was pitch perfect!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2019 7:27 […]
9/19/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “A potentially explosive complaint by a whistle-blower in the intelligence community said to involve President Trump emerged on Thursday [9-19-19] as the latest front in a continuing oversight dispute between administration officials and House Democrats. While the allegation remains shrouded in mystery, it involves at least one instance of Mr. […]
9/19/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE/WHISTLEBLOWER: “The U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman on Thursday [9-19-19] accused the Justice Department of blocking intelligence officials from giving Congress a whistleblower complaint reported to involve communications between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader. The Washington Post, which first reported the matter, said the country involved was Ukraine, citing unnamed […]
9/12/2019
FOREIGN AID/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “The Trump administration has lifted its hold on $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine following intense bipartisan backlash from lawmakers who argued that the funding is crucial for warding off Russian aggression in the region. POLITICO first reported last month that President Donald Trump asked his national security team to […]
7/25/2019
JOE BIDEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: [Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky: “I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.”] “I would like you […]
7/25/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Much more than the European countries are doing and they should be helping you more than they are. Germany does almost nothing for you. All they do is talk and I […]
5/23/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to arrange talks between Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last year, the British Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday [5-23-18]. The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Poroshenko who wanted to open a back […]
4/11/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “The Failing New York Times wrote another phony story. It was political pundit Doug Schoen, not a Ukrainian businessman, who asked me to do a short speech by phone (Skype), hosted by Doug, in Ukraine. I was very positive about Ukraine-another negative to the Fake Russia C story!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/9/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/UKRAINE: “The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Trump and his associates in the […]
3/3/2018
ENERGY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “Russia is tearing up its contracts to supply Ukraine with natural gas, sparking another stand-off between Moscow and Kiev and raising fears of new gas supply shortages across Europe during the winter. … Russian energy officials said the dispute was commercial and reflected its disagreement with an arbitration decision that just went in Ukraine’s […]
2/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/ROBERT/UKRAINE: “Former European leaders who tried to bring Ukraine closer to Europe before a 2014 uprising there reacted with shock on Saturday [2-24-18] after a federal indictment accused Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, of secretly paying former European officials some two million euros in 2012 and 2013 to lobby on […]
2/15/2018
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/UK/UKRAINE: “The White House on Thursday [2-15-18] blamed Russia for a massive cyberattack last year that crippled computer networks at multinational firms world-wide, vowing the hack would be met with ‘international consequences.’ A White House statement on the cyberattack came a day after the U.K. formally blamed Russia. The Kremlin called the accusations ‘baseless.’ An […]
1/22/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “U.S. negotiators this week will test Russian seriousness about a peace deal for Ukraine, where fighting between Kiev forces and Russia-backed separatists has been intensifying. Talks slated for Friday [1-26-18]are the first since the U.S. said it would provide Kiev with defensive weapons and come after Russian negotiators cancelled a proposed meeting in […]
1/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “U.S. plans to arm Ukraine infuriated Russia and aggravated deteriorating relations, but a bigger worry is the weapons falling into enemy hands—as has happened before. Washington last month decided to send lethal aid to Ukraine to prevent aggression by pro-Russia separatists. The move is meant to keep the simmering conflict from flaring into […]
12/6/2017
REX TILLERSON/RUSSIA/STATE/UKRAINE: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday [12-6-17] he is hopeful that Moscow and Washington can bridge differences and agree on a peacekeeping force for Ukraine. U.S. and Russian negotiators have been trying to reach a deal on a peacekeeping force in Eastern Ukraine that could help stop the fighting between the […]
9/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “It was wonderful to have President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine with us in New York City today. #UNGA ?https://t.co/UKOMUj0ZuL https://t.co/GpkERy8Wi” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2017 10:17am […]
9/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday [9-5-17] that any delivery of weapons by the Trump administration to Ukraine’s government could inflame hostilities and cause Russia-supported separatists to expand the theater of conflict. The comments are the Kremlin’s starkest warning yet about the potential consequences of any deliveries, and underscore the dilemma the […]
8/24/2017
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed on Thursday [8-24-17] to help Ukraine stand up to Russian violations of its sovereignty and signaled that the Trump administration was considering providing defensive weapons to the Ukrainian military. President Barack Obama had resisted such a step, fearing it would be seen as a provocation by Russia. In […]
8/1/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY/STATE/UKRAINE: “The Pentagon and State Department have proposed to the White House a plan to supply Ukraine with anti-tank missiles and other arms, according to Defense Department officials. The proposed transfer — which also would include antiaircraft arms that would be defined as defensive weaponry — comes as fighting between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists […]
7/31/2017
MILITARY/RUSSIA/STATE/UKRAINE: “The U.S. Pentagon and State Department have devised plans to supply Ukraine with antitank missiles and other weaponry and are seeking White House approval, U.S. officials said, as Kiev battles Russia-backed separatists and ties between Moscow and Washington fray. American military officials and diplomats say the arms, which they characterized as defensive, are meant […]
7/25/2017
ENERGY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/RICK PERRY/UKRAINE: “U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry optimistically discussed expanding American coal exports to Ukraine and other energy matters during a lengthy phone call this month with a Russian prankster who Perry thought was Ukraine’s prime minister. Perry actually was talking with comedians known in Russia for targeting celebrities and politicians with audacious stunts, […]
7/25/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/UKRAINE: “Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump campaign – ‘quietly working to boost Clinton.’ So where is the investigation A.G. @seanhannity” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 05:03am […]
7/25/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “Any U.S. decision to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons would set back peace efforts and escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Tuesday [7-25-17]. The Kremlin was referring to an interview given by U.S. special envoy on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, to Britain’s broadcaster BBC, in which he said that Washington was actively reviewing whether […]
7/19/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT/UKRAINE: “Financial records filed last year in the secretive tax haven of Cyprus, where Paul J. Manafort kept bank accounts during his years working in Ukraine and investing with a Russian oligarch, indicate that he had been in debt to pro-Russia interests by as much as $17 million before he joined Donald J. […]
7/12/2017
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/UKRAINE: “Multiple Democratic National Committee officials, former Clinton campaign officials and Democratic sources denied that the Democratic committee or Clinton campaign worked with the government of Ukraine to dig up dirt on Donald Trump and his top aides. But multiple Democratic sources said that a DNC contractor, whose work included organizing political events for […]
7/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON/UKRAINE: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Sunday [7-9-17] with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a visit that telegraphs U.S. support to Kiev after President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an appearance with Mr. Poroshenko in Kiev, Mr. Tillerson said the Trump administration was looking for a […]
7/7/2017
STATE/UKRAINE: “The State Department has tapped Kurt Volker to be its special representative for Ukraine, the department announced Friday [7-7-17]. Volker will be tasked with advancing US efforts to the achieve the objectives of the 2014 Minsk agreements between Ukraine and Russia. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the Minsk agreements were reached as an […]
6/27/2017
LOBBYING/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort registered Tuesday [6-27-17]as an agent of a foreign government, acknowledging for the first time that a small part of his lobbying work for Ukraine’s former president was aimed at influencing U.S. policy makers and journalists. The Justice Department filing by Mr. Manafort, who for […]
6/27/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT/UKRAINE: “Paul Manafort, who was forced out as President Trump’s campaign chairman last summer after five months of infighting and criticism about his business dealings with pro-Russian interests, disclosed Tuesday [6-27-17] that his consulting firm had received more than $17 million over two years from a Ukrainian political party with links to the […]
6/21/2017
RUSSIA/STATE/TREASURY/UKRAINE: “Russia called off a meeting later this week with U.S. officials in protest of new U.S. sanctions, and the State Department said Wednesday it regretted Russia’s decision. The U.S. on Tuesday [6-20-17] blacklisted Ukrainian and Russian officials and entities accused of helping Russia exert its influence in the Crimean peninsula and eastern Ukraine, a […]
6/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “The Kremlin said Wednesday [6-21-7] that it was formulating ‘various options’ to respond to fresh U.S. sanctions over its military interventions in Ukraine. ‘As sanctions in the previous years have shown, the main principle of reaction to sanctions actions is the principle of reciprocity. It’s completely explicable and understandable,’ Kremlin spokesman […]
6/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/UKRAINE: “It was a great honor to welcome President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine to the @WhiteHouse today with @VP Pence. ➡️… https://t.co/J1ulOd6pYQ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2017 08:42pm […]
04/12/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE/PAUL MANAFORT: “Aug. 19 was an eventful day for Paul Manafort. That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats’ emails were hacked and the campaign’s contacts with Russia came under scrutiny. Dogged by revelations about past financial […]
3/29/2017
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Expectations that President Donald Trump’s election would lead to a rapid U.S. rapprochement with Russia are fading, as the White House pushes off the Kremlin’s proposals for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin and takes an increasingly skeptical view of reaching a grand bargain with Moscow. At a White House meeting […]
3/21/2017
CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE/PAUL MANAFORT: “US President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chair Paul Manafort is facing fresh allegations over his links to former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukrainian lawmaker Sergii Leshchenko claims a document found in a safe in Kiev may be evidence that Manafort tried to mask payments to him from Yanukovych’s party. The claim comes […]
4/22/2014
CHINA/OIL/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “China is closing a massive oil deal w/ Russia, taking advantage of the Ukraine conflict http://t.co/tItkQ0PmZH Smart, unlike our leaders.” – 4/22/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/22/2014 […]
2/28/2014
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “The U.S. has appealed ro Russia not to intervene in Ukraine – Russia tells U.S. they will not become involved, and then laughs loudly!” – 2/28/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 2/28/2014 […]