Trump slow-walking $4 billion in foreign aid, including key funds for Ukraine - ABC News

August 31, 2019

Russia Ukraine Trump slow-walking $4 billion in foreign aid, including key funds for Ukraine - ABC News Duda: Anti-Russia sanctions policy should continue - Kyiv Post Bolton visits Ukraine, Belarus & Moldova, should Moscow be worried? - RT Kremlin notes progress in prisoner exchange with Ukraine, says aide - TASS Russian Official Praises Trump for Delaying Military Aid to Ukraine - Newsweek Trump slow-walking $4 billion in foreign aid, including key funds for Ukraine - ABC News ABC News After standing down in a battle with Congress over $4 billion in foreign assistance cuts, the White House is still slow-walking funds for those same programs in a move that threatens their full implementation, according to two sources. Read More Duda: Anti-Russia sanctions policy should continue - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Duda: Anti-Russia sanctions policy should continue Published Aug. 31 at 2:56 pm This photo, released by presidential press-service shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) during the official ceremony of meeting with President of Poland Andrzej Duda (R) in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on August 31, 2019. Read More Bolton visits Ukraine, Belarus & Moldova, should Moscow be worried? - RT RT US National Security Advisor John Bolton has visited a host of ex-Soviet republics, including Moscow's longtime ally, Belarus. Some saw it as a sign of growing US influence on Russia's border. Read More Kremlin notes progress in prisoner exchange with Ukraine, says aide - TASS TASS MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. The Kremlin thinks that exchange of prisoners is a very important issue for the entire atmosphere of Ukrainian settlement and notes certain progress in this sphere, Russian president’s aide, Yuri Ushakov said on Friday. Read More Russian Official Praises Trump for Delaying Military Aid to Ukraine - Newsweek Newsweek A senior Russian official has praised President Donald Trump's decision to delay $250 million in military funding to Ukraine, where government forces are battling a Russian-backed insurgency in the east of the country. Read More

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Ukrainians say major prisoner exchange with Russia underway - The Washington Post

August 30, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukrainians say major prisoner exchange with Russia underway - The Washington Post Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says - Bloomberg Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence of Obstacles - SBU - UrduPoint News No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine - RT Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet - WHTC News Ukrainians say major prisoner exchange with Russia underway - The Washington Post The Washington Post Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looks on from a defendants’ cage as he attends a court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in 2015. (Sergey Pivovarov/Reuters) Will Englund Assignment editor on The Washington Post's foreign desk and a veteran Moscow correspondent Read More Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says - Bloomberg Bloomberg Russia Moves Jailed Ukrainian as Sides Plan Swap, Interfax Says BloombergA Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia for more than five years has been moved to Moscow, the Interfax news *service* reported Thursday, in the latest sign ... Read More Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence of Obstacles - SBU - UrduPoint News UrduPoint News Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap Will Not Take Place Friday Despite Absence Of Obstacles - SBU Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) 10 minutes ago Fri 30th August 2019 | 02:21 PM Ukraine and Russia will not exchange prisoners on Friday, and the exact date of the long-awaited swap has not been set yet, but nothing prevents it from taking place, the press secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Elena Gitlyanskaya, said KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th August, 2019) Ukraine and Russia will not exchange prisoners on Friday, and the exact date of the long-awaited swap has not been set yet, but nothing prevents it from taking place, the press secretary of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Elena Gitlyanskaya, said. Read More No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine - RT RT No prisoner swap with Russia on Friday, talks still ongoing – Ukraine Published time: 30 Aug, 2019 08:53 Follow RT on The much-anticipated major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine will not happen on Friday, despite earlier reports, Kiev said. Read More Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet - WHTC News WHTC News Ukraine president's office says no prisoner swap with Russia yet Friday, August 30, 2019 1:54 a.m. EDT KIEV (Reuters) - The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday no prisoner swap had taken place with Russia yet and the process was ongoing, after an earlier Facebook post by Ukraine's general prosecutor suggested a swap had been completed. Read More

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OSCE calls on Russia to release Sentsov, Sushchenko following Ukraine's step on Vyshinsky - UNIAN

August 29, 2019

Russia Ukraine OSCE calls on Russia to release Sentsov, Sushchenko following Ukraine's step on Vyshinsky - UNIAN POLITICO: Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain Russia - UNIAN Ukraine reports 14 enemy attacks in Donbas on Aug 28 - UNIAN Ukraine releases Russia journalist pending treason trial | News , World - The Daily Star Ukraine filmmaker in possible Russia prisoner swap | News , World - The Daily Star OSCE calls on Russia to release Sentsov, Sushchenko following Ukraine's step on Vyshinsky - UNIAN UNIAN OSCE calls on Russia to release Sentsov, Sushchenko following Ukraine's step on VyshinskyVyshinsky was released from custody as part of the process of exchange of held persons between Ukraine and Russia, the Prosecutor General's Office has confirmed to UNIAN. Read More POLITICO: Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain Russia - UNIAN UNIAN POLITICO: Trump slow-walks Ukraine military aid meant to contain RussiaPresident Donald Trump asked his national security team to review the funding program, known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Read More Ukraine reports 14 enemy attacks in Donbas on Aug 28 - UNIAN UNIAN Ukraine reports 14 enemy attacks in Donbas on Aug 2809:25, 29 August 2019 War 9 0 The enemy opened fire from proscribed 120mm and 82mm mortars, cannons installed on infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of various types, heavy machine guns, and small arms. Read More Ukraine releases Russia journalist pending treason trial | News , World - The Daily Star The Daily Star Summary Ukraine Wednesday released a Russian state media journalist pending his trial for "high treason," as the two countries discuss potential prisoner swaps. Sentsov, Ukraine's most famous political prisoner, is serving a 20-year sentence in a Russian penal colony for planning "terrorist attacks" in Crimea. Read More Ukraine filmmaker in possible Russia prisoner swap | News , World - The Daily Star The Daily Star you've reached a subscriber-only article. Sign up now and access the full breadth of The Daily Star content in minutes. subscribe now unrestricted access 1 month...$12 | 3 months...$30 | 6 months...$55 | 1 year...$99 Existing users can login here or register for a new account. Read More

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Russia may transfer political prisoners Panov, Syzonovych to Ukraine, - Justice Ministry - 112 International

August 28, 2019

Russia Ukraine Russia may transfer political prisoners Panov, Syzonovych to Ukraine, - Justice Ministry - 112 International UNIAN: Ukrenergo files lawsuit against Russia over assets in Crimea - Kyiv Post Reuters: Ukraine frees jailed Russian journalist amid prisoner swap talks - Kyiv Post UNIAN: Kolomoisky says Russia has lost the war - Kyiv Post Ukrainian court frees Russian journalist - ABC News Russia may transfer political prisoners Panov, Syzonovych to Ukraine, - Justice Ministry - 112 International 112 International Ukrainian political prisoner Panov Illegally convicted in Russia political prisoners Yevhen Panov and Oleksy Syzonovych may be transferred to Ukraine for the further serving of sentence as Hromadske reported citing Justice Ministry of Ukraine. Read More UNIAN: Ukrenergo files lawsuit against Russia over assets in Crimea - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukrenergo files lawsuit against Russia over assets in Crimea Published Aug. 28. Updated Aug. 28 at 3:10 pm A man walks past a campaign billboard of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading "Simferopol for a Strong Russia!" in Simferopol, Crimea, on March 15, 2018. Read More Reuters: Ukraine frees jailed Russian journalist amid prisoner swap talks - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post Reuters: Ukraine frees jailed Russian journalist amid prisoner swap talks Published Aug. 28. Updated Aug. 28 at 2:43 pm Ukrainian-Russian journalist Kyrylo Vyshynsky is pictured as he enters the court hall prior a court hearing on July 15, 2019. Read More UNIAN: Kolomoisky says Russia has lost the war - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Kolomoisky says Russia has lost the war Published Aug. 28. Updated Aug. 28 at 2:21 pm A Ukraininan soldier mans a PKM machine gun nest during a combat clash near town of Novoluhanske, eastern Ukraine, on June 14, 2019. Read More Ukrainian court frees Russian journalist - ABC News ABC News A Ukrainian court has released a Russian journalist, an apparent signal that a much-anticipated prisoner exchange with Russia is getting on track. The court ruled Wednesday to free Kirill Vyshinskiy on parole following more than a year in jail. Read More

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Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters UK

August 27, 2019

Russia Ukraine Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters UK Trump advocates for Putin at G-7 summit in move to soften Russia’s pariah status - The Washington Post Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate - New Eastern Europe Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters Trump’s bewildering history lesson on Obama and Crimea - The Washington Post Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters UK Reuters UK KIEV, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine had stored 17.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas by Aug. 25, as the country looks to stockpile at least 20 bcm for the 2019/20 heating season, gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said on Tuesday. Read More Trump advocates for Putin at G-7 summit in move to soften Russia’s pariah status - The Washington Post The Washington Post President Trump speaks during a news conference at the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019. (Ian Langsdon/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BIARRITZ, France — President Trump capped days of advocacy on behalf of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin by announcing here Monday that he intends to invite the leader to the Group of Seven summit in 2020, which Trump will host in an election year amid warnings that Russia is actively trying to interfere again in the U.S. Read More Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate - New Eastern Europe New Eastern Europe Ukrainian autocephaly and the Moscow Patriarchate How Russia’s religious hierarchs reject the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine. August 27, 2019 - Andreas Umland Christine Borovkova - Articles and Commentary Read More Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 17.8 bcm - Reuters Reuters KIEV, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Ukraine had stored 17.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas by Aug. 25, as the country looks to stockpile at least 20 bcm for the 2019/20 heating season, gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said on Tuesday. Read More Trump’s bewildering history lesson on Obama and Crimea - The Washington Post The Washington Post President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron wrap up a joint news conference Monday. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix August 26 at 1:50 PM Read More

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Live Blog: Ukraine Weighs On G7 Summit - Big News Network

August 26, 2019

Russia Ukraine Live Blog: Ukraine Weighs On G7 Summit - Big News Network NotPetya Ushered In a New Era of Malware - VICE A Possible Prisoner Swap And Protesters Persevere - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Ukraine not recognizes fake ‘elections’ in Abkhazia – Foreign Ministry - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news EU's Tusk: More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out Of G7 - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Live Blog: Ukraine Weighs On G7 Summit - Big News Network Big News Network 13:13 Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on В Контакте Email to a Friend Share on LinkedIn 13:11 From AFP: Ukrainian police said Monday they were investigating a grenade attack on a Kiev office building that caused damage but no injuries. Read More NotPetya Ushered In a New Era of Malware - VICE VICE In the summer of 2017, a software update for a popular Ukrainian accounting software pushed malware onto systems of companies doing business in Ukraine. The attack stopped life in Ukraine and crippled the Western logistics supply chain, hitting shipping giant Maersk, postal company FedEx, and the Port of Rotterdam. Read More A Possible Prisoner Swap And Protesters Persevere - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty A Possible Prisoner Swap And Protesters Persevere Radio Free Europe/ Radio LibertyGuest host Carl Schreck is joined by Kiryl Sukhotski, executive editor at Current Time, as they discuss a possible prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine, ... Read More Ukraine not recognizes fake ‘elections’ in Abkhazia – Foreign Ministry - Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the holding of the so-called presidential elections in the occupied territory of Abkhazia, the territory of Georgia which is under the control of the Russian Federation. Read More EU's Tusk: More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out Of G7 - Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty EU's Tusk: More Reasons Than Ever To Keep Russia Out Of G7 Radio Free Europe/ Radio LibertyEuropean Council President Donald Tusk has rejected President Donald Trump's call for Russia to be readmitted to the Group of Seven (G7) leading ... Read More

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